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Pond Life Magnified

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 as Storytellers

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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What A Puzzle!

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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Acting Out Science

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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It's NOT Just a Theory: Why teachers need to address the nature of science and the "hidden" curriculum

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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Take It Outside!

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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230 Million Tons of Trash

Help slow the growth of landfills with strategies found in this month's insert provided by Keep America Beautiful, Inc. ...

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Summer Science Camp, Anyone?

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....

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Reconstructing the Geologic Timeline: Adding a constructivist slant to a classic activity

The geologic timeline activity is revisited, adding a constructivist slant. This project provides evidence that time-honored activities still have a place in today's science classes. ...