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The Making of "The List" (2005-Understanding the Selection Process for the Outstanding Science Trade Books List

Have you ever wondered how the mountain of trade books out there gets evaluated or how books are chosen as "outstanding"? This list doesn't just magically appear but is the result of a careful evaluation process by the NSTA/Children's Book Council Jo...

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Career of the Month: Scientific Illustrator

If your students' have an eye for nature's details--such as the way some petals of a flower catch sunlight or how its stem is covered in tiny hairs--then they may be a good candidate for a career in Scientific Illustration. Introduce your high schoo...

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Science Shorts: Tarred and Feathered

We rely on the transportation of oil around the world to meet our energy needs. Oil is carried across the oceans on large ships called tankers. Unfortunately, sometimes things go wrong and oil spills occur, putting great stress on wildlife, especia...

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Field Ecology in a Cultural Context

Ecological studies that examine how organisms interact with their environment provide a particularly useful backdrop for high school students to both quantitatively and qualitatively explore the natural world. In Hot Springs, South Dakota, the author...

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Reading & Writing Nonfiction with Children: Using Biographies to Learn about Science and Scientists

Students are introduced to real life accounts of scientists in this fun and hands-on activity. Through biographies, students identify examples that reflect aspects of the nature of science and scientists. Pop-up books are used to expand students' un...

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Tech trek: Viewing volcanoes

Help students make real-world connections to Earth science concepts such as volcanoes with the help of modern technology. This article enumerates several websites where students can explore these forces of nature in a variety of ways - all from a sa...

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Savvy Consumers Through Science

Is Bounty the "quicker picker upper?" Are expensive shampoos better? Are all antacids the same? Fourth grade students posed and answered these questions during a "Consumer Product Testing" unit in which they designed experiments to assess these pr...