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Promoting Physical Science to Education Majors: Making Connections between Science and Teaching
We address student attitudes toward physical science content knowledge and skills by modeling pedagogy appropriate for the K–8 classroom. Attitude measurements show that students are initially reticent in their approach to learning science. Upon co...
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Welcome the Madagascar hissing cockroach into your classroom--they are not your average pest! This article describes the basic biology of this relatively tame creature, and how to set up and care for a classroom colony. It includes a list of suggeste...
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 (2004)
The annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 is selected by a committee of NSTA members. The selected titles on this list were all published in 2004....
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Science Sampler: Reading science
Nonfiction books have the power to excite students about learning and fuel their desire to know more about a topic or person. Using a variety of books can differentiate instruction and provide suitable reading to students at all levels and for almost...
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Science Sampler: Opening the door for reading
Teaching students how to read without compromising the time dedicated to hands-on, inquiry-based science has become vital for science teachers of all grades. The reading strategy, Talking to the Text, effectively provides a great way for students to ...
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Ask the Experts: March 2005 - Question #1
Have you ever wondered what would be considered a native species in a place such as Hawaii? It seems like everything that exists there was introduced to the Aloha State because nothing live came up without the lava from the ocean waters when the isla...
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Science sampler: Before- , during-, and after-reading strategies
While students are at school, they mostly receive reading instruction during language arts classes and the focus is usually on fiction. Try these simple and effective strategies to facilitate successful nonfiction reading in science. The inability to...
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DNA as a Binary Code: How the Physical Structure of Nucleotide Bases Carries Information
The DNA triplet code also functions as a binary code. Because double-ring compounds cannot bind to double-ring compounds in the DNA code, the sequence of bases classified simply as purines or pyrimidines can encode for smaller groups of possible amin...
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The Case Study: A Word to the Wise? Advising Freshman
Freshman frequently struggle with major decisions both in and out of school. Even if they attend required advisement sessions, they do not always have a clear idea of which questions to ask and which information to share with the advisor. To focus ...
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Oil Spill!
An oil spill occurs somewhere in the world almost everyday of the year, and the consequences can be devastating. In this month's column, students explore the effects of oil spills on plants, animals, and the environment and investigate oil spill cle...
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Have you ever wondered how the mountain of trade books out there gets evaluated or how books are chosen as "outstanding?" The Outstanding Science Trade Books (OSTB) for Grades K-12 doesn't just magically appear but is the result of a careful evaluati...
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Improving Science Reading Comprehension
Lend your struggling readers a helping hand with strategies that will enhance their comprehension of science reading materials. This article offers a few easy-to-implement strategies that teachers can use before, during, and after reading....
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Science and Social Studies in a Nutshell
This articles discusses three practicum students and how they took students' interests in peanuts and expanded it into a full unit concerning nuts and the history behind them. In addition to observing, classifying, and measuring nuts, the students l...