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Commentary: Matchmaker, Matchmaker

An opinion piece about matching and how the pleasure of matching can be found in science class....

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Editor's Corner: Convention Fever

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....

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Skeptical Science: Teaching students how to critically evaluate unusual claims

Should science teachers discuss the legitimacy of astrology, extrasensory perception (ESP), UFOs, touch therapy, cloning dinosaurs, or any other unusual claims in the classroom? If so, can they examine the claims with students in a way that encourage...

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Games Students Play: Teaming up in physics class leads to cooperative learning

The case for motivating students through cooperative learning has been made and supported throughout the last two decades. Two well-known cooperative learning techniques—Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD) and Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT)—...

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Project Reptile!

Good teachers continually plan learning experiences to help young children make connections within and among areas of study (Zemelman, Daniel, and Hyde 1998). Integrating curriculum is important in helping children make these connections. Class proje...

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When a Hypothesis is <em>Not</em> an Educated Guess

The terms prediction and hypothesis are often used interchangeably, yet one term means to think about what might happen and the other means to think about why something will happen. Misuse of these terms may deprive students of the opportunity to thi...

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Dissect Your Squid and Eat It Too!

Studying an organism that lives in the ocean lends itself to many multidisciplinary studies, such as writing poetry about sea creatures, graphing fish harvests, and learning about cultures that depend heavily on the sea. As part of a study about cora...