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Visualizing Science Using the Roundhouse Diagram

At the middle school level, science instruction becomes complicated by difficult vocabulary and complex, often abstract, notions (Jones and McEwin, 1983). To learn science, students must understand key concepts through reasoning, searching out relate...

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Boiling Ice: A physics demonstration illustrating the kinetic molecular theory of matter

Physics is a good course to teach to young students because inquiry-based activities can be integrated into lectures to reinforce concepts and ideas. This article features a favorite activity that keeps student interest high—where ice is made by bo...

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Science in the Summer

It happens every summer in Scott County, Virginia. Kids take time off from their summer vacation to return to the science classroom. They return to build bridges, make polymers, fill prescriptions, and work side by side with practicing chemists, engi...

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Commentary: Enriching the Curriculum

An opinion piece about teachers covering the basic science curriculum, and doing this while meeting the needs and interests of an increasingly diverse student population....

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Optic Inquiry: Students investigate a simple anomaly to learn basic science skills

Using an inquiry approach in the classroom is an effective teaching method. In this article, the inquiry-based lesson called "Magic in a Tube," helps students formulate questions, practice science skills, incorporate writing in science work, develop ...

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Scope on the Skies: Ancient Skies

Writing this month’s column is quite literally a once in a millennium opportunity. As the New Year, century, and millennium get underway, many of us are wondering what lies ahead. But before we take look at the evening skies of our future, the auth...

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Planimal House: An inquiry-oriented project in which biology students study live organisms

Planimal House is a six-week-long inquiry oriented project that enables biology students to learn the secrets of nature by doing in-depth research on living creatures. It brings biology and the nature of inquiry alive!...