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Allergic to the Laboratory: A creative setup allows students with latex allergies full participation in chemistry labs

Allergic reactions to latex are becoming increasingly common. The reactions occur within a few minutes to an hour of exposure and usually disappear within 24 hours. In this article, a student informed the teacher that she had an allergy to latex. Tog...

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Field Surveys of Amphibian Populations

Amphibian Research, a course offered at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana, introduces freshmen- and sophomore-level biology and environmental science majors to investigative field research. Students learn to identify species and use sta...

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Science and Engineering

When teaching the scientific principles of flight, the author has students create design prototypes, engineering projects that are initial attempts to solve a problem. As a result, students apply their knowledge of science in order to construct a wor...

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Science Fairs for All

The students involved in this project attended an urban school in the Anchorage School District. The 52 students in the K, 1, 2 multi-age inclusive classroom (21 kindergarten students, 20 first-grade students, and 11 second-grade students) spent the ...

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Modifying Cookbook Labs: A different way of teaching a standard laboratory engages students and promotes understanding

In this article, an extended lab activity from a common cookbook approach is modified to determine the percent mass of water in copper (II) sulfate pentahydrate crystals. This modified approach significantly enhances students' understanding of matter...

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Float It Down the River: The great water transport contest

Float it Down the River is an exciting design activity that involves students in a hands-on, creative project in which they use higher order thinking skills in a motivating setting. Students working in groups of four to six are challenged to design a...

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Blind Students: Facing Challenges in a College Physics Course

Visually impaired students with different educational backgrounds may differ in their analytical and mathematical preparedness, which presents unique obstacles for those who wish to successfully complete a college physics course. This article relates...

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How <em>Not</em> to Teach Historical Cases in Science

Not all methods of applying history to teaching science are valid. Rational reconstructions, in particular, present idealized and misleading models. Short vignettes or anecdotes can oversimplify science. Recovering historical context, however, is cri...

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NASA Quest

As part of NASA’s Learning Technologies Project, NASA Quest has been connecting students to the people of NASA through the various pages at the website—Learning Technology Channel, Space Team Online, Aerospace Team Online, and Women of NASA. The ...

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Motivation with Depth

Three-dimensional illusions offer an ideal and motivating arena for computer technology applications, visual processing investigations, art and science connections, and fun. By offering experience in optical illusions, the author presents an arena in...

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Fundamentals of Integrated Science: What teachers should consider when planning an integrated science curriculum

The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) explored integrated science at the high school level through a study funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Although successful programs were developed for elementary and middle school levels,...

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The Galapagos

Using problem-based learning and role-playing, students analyze the geological origins of the Galapagos Islands, their colonization, species formation, and threats to their biodiversity in this story of a student caught between local fishermen and go...

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Tech Trek: Integration and Presentation

Successful science-fair participants often impress judges with professional-looking displays of their data. Understanding how to use presentation and spreadsheet software to create these displays is a very useful skill. A great way to teach students ...

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Diving into a Schoolwide Science Theme: Interdisciplinary lessons for an all-school theme in science, art, and music classes

Science learning can happen anywhere! Using initiative and creativity, teachers of various subjects can create interdisciplinary learning opportunities. In this article, the authors describe how they used the schoolwide theme “Dive into Oceans” t...

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Integrated Science Study

Many science teachers in the Los Angeles School District were concerned over the low number of students electing to take a third year of science. Based on this concern, this articles focuses on the science reform effort using integrated/coordinated s...