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Editor's Note (March 2002)

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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The Campus Ecosystem Model

Interdisciplinary teaching, research experience, and active, collaborative strategies have all been identified as practices highly favorable to the learning process. By using the university campus as the focus for the study of the entire watershed wi...

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Current Events and Technology: Video and Audio on the Internet

Teachers can utilize the vast audio and visual resources available on the Internet to bring current science events into the classroom. A wide variety of news sites as well as technology requirements and teaching suggestions are described....

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Commentary: What is Science?

An opinion piece about how our ability to use the scientific process in and out of school affects our ability to recognize wrong answers and question poor reasoning....

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Evaluating College Science and Mathematics Instruction

This paper reports evaluative data on five courses that have taken part in a curriculum reform effort called the Arizona Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers. Primarily through summer faculty workshops, teaching reforms advocat...

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Teacher as Researcher: University programs help teachers bring modern research into the secondary classroom

Due to other professional commitments, teachers sometimes find it difficult to keep up with the latest developments in science and technology. Through the university Research Experience for Teachers (RET) programs, teachers have the opportunity to do...

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Bridging Science and Engineering

The Colleges of Engineering and Education at Penn State University have collaborated to design and deliver an engineering course for education and other nonscience majors. In this course, students integrate basic principles of applied physical scienc...