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Ask the Experts—February 2004

The experts address the following question in this month’s column: How do solutes reduce the vapor pressure of a solvent?...

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Professional Development for You

No Child Left Behind’s emphasis on accountability and demands for a quality teacher in every classroom has spawned a cottage industry of providers of professional development. How can educators begin to sort through them all to find the right choic...

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Editorial: Coplas de Ciego

The medieval Spanish custom in which blind storytellers went from town to town telling stories (sung as mantras) of murder, impassioned love, and pestilence to the villagers as a means of sustaining themselves were known as Coplas de Ciego, or Bli...

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All Things in Moderation

Moderation, or the interactive analysis of student work by small groups of teachers, can help to qualify student understanding and increase teacher sensitivity to student progress with difficult concepts. This article describes how the process of mod...

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Science 101? What Causes Rainbows?

If you look at a rain cloud with the Sun behind your back, the sunlight and water drops may interact just right, revealing the familiar arc of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Many of us have been pleasantly surprised to see a r...

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Scope on Safety: Essential First Aid for Science Teachers

From a practical standpoint, science teachers should be trained to respond to incidents involving burns, bleeding, chemical exposure, swallowed poisons, penetrating objects, lacerations, and shock. Basic training is required to properly handle these ...

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Science Sampler: Digital Field Trips

"Take only photographs. Leave only footprints." This is the author's motto as she bubbled forth with ideas and images after taking a digital camera along on trips to Utah, Yellowstone National Park, the Rocky Mountains, and other sites. She collected...