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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue, and also the neighborhood excitement of a bird building a nest on the front porch. ...
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Research and Teaching: Practical Considerations for Assessing Inquiry-Based Instruction
Research shows that inquiry learning promotes achievement and positive student attitudes toward science. One obstacle to implementing inquiry learning, however, is the development and use of appropriate assessments. This difficulty can be eased by ta...
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An aquatic insect aquarium is a great tool for teaching students about life cycles, food webs, environmental niches, and adaptations to pond life. Complete directions for setting up the aquarium are provided, along with several ideas for investigatio...
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Students enrolled in an Enhanced Bioscience Education (EBE) program maintained two documents: a group notebook to record observations made in the bioscience laboratory and a personal journal to note reactions to the literature read in the humanities ...
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What Do Amphibians Have to Offer? Students monitor and map amphibians in local pond habitats
Scientists have expressed concern over amphibian decline. In a cooperative project with a university and a local high school, students monitor and map amphibians in local pond habitats and try to distinguish population fluctuations from actual declin...
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At its heart, science is fundamentally about solving questions, or puzzles. Puzzles are those things to which the solution is unknown—now. Each generation of scientists tackles an array of problems, solving some and leaving many more to future gene...
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Role-playing is an effective summative activity that aids student learning and integrates science information and concepts. The authors describe the use of a role-play activity. Senate hearings centered around the theme of global climate change, and ...
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Science Sampler: The Iron (Fe) Scientist
Can pennies be used to teach science? Learn how in this article using the science lesson, or Iron (Fe) scientist competition. as the author called it, The lesson was created for pre-service teachers but can be easily adapted to students....
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As science educators we are faced with some issues associated with our choice of words and their implications for learning outcomes. Because the “hidden” curriculum influences student learning, it is important that terms such as theory and conce...
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Hands on the Land, a new initiative to promote the use of public lands for environment-based education, consists of a national network of field classrooms designed to link students, teachers, and parents to national public lands. Each education site ...
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Help slow the growth of landfills with strategies found in this month's insert provided by Keep America Beautiful, Inc. ...
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While most schools offer different types of camps, a growing number are offering summer science camps. This provides a way for children to enjoy the summer while learning science at the same time. One school looked to Camp Invention® for its summer ...
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Summing It Up: Teaching summary writing to enhance science learning
Students can learn to recognize information that is most important to the author of a science article or book by using repeated references and generalization. This strategy—designed for college reading classes but adapted for secondary school scien...
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Science Sampler: Exploring Floating Concrete and Beam Design
These construction activities increase students' awareness of math and science careers, especially in the area of engineering....