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Science Sampler: The eight-step method to great group work

Many science teachers already understand the importance of cooperative learning in the classroom and during lab exercises. However, many teachers shy away from group work because of the challenges associated with getting adolescents into groups that ...

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Science Sampler: Representing Variability of Data

Measures of central tendency--mean, median, and mode--are often used as descriptive statistics when students conduct experiments in which they take repeated measures of the dependent variable or when class data are pooled for analysis. These measures...

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Scope on Safety: The Eyes Have It, or Do They?

Laboratory accidents and near misses in schools are often caused by the lack of personal equipment, such as eye protection. Sophisticated acids and other corrosive chemicals are not the only substances that put eyes in jeopardy. A household item as s...

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Watershed Investigations

Investigating local watersheds presents middle school students with authentic opportunities to engage in inquiry and address questions about their immediate environment in an interdisciplinary context. This article describes a collabortive project de...

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Science 101: What's the difference between frogs and toads?

Frogs and toads belong to a group of Amphibians known as Anura (Latin for "without tail"). Though different on many levels, frogs and toads share some basic similarities. Here are the basic facts about these animal favorites....

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Skateboards or Wildlife? Kids Decide!

Using the Internet to help solve real-life problems is a great way to make science learning relevant to today's students. In this project, students investigated "playas", temporary local wetlands, and surveyed their local school grounds as potential ...