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Idea Bank: Sun's Rays Strike Earth
The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank features tips for explaining the angle at which the Sun's rays strike the Earth's surface....
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The Case Study: And All That Jazz—An Essay Extolling the Virtues of Writing Case Teaching Notes
This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This article provides information on how to write, including an outline for writing, case teaching no...
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Action research is one of the fastest growing directions of staff development (Webb, 1996). This article describes how the author used the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) (Taylor et al, 1997) to gather data in a reflective analysis ...
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Introducing the software package “ClimProb” to their University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, the authors created a more exciting and interesting classroom environment by encouraging students to learn through critical thinking and problem solving...
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Editor's Corner: Teaching Facts, Not Fantasy
The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....
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This paper presents a mathematical model for walking on the treadmill that calculates the minimum power required for walking on the level at a constant speed and relates it to the pace length. The calculation includes both the horizontal and vertical...
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Taking Flight: Using a Wind Tunnel to Teach Aeronautic Principles
Although December 17, 1903, is heralded as the date of the first controlled powered flight, Wilbur and Orville Wright may never have succeeded were it not for their groundbreaking work in aerodynamics with a homemade wind tunnel. The Wright brothers ...
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Creationism/Evolution: The Case AGAINST “Equal Time”
Many evolutionary biologists argue that the best defense against creationist theory is no defense—that to recognize the creationist viewpoint is, in a sense, to legitimize it. Recent vigorous and vocal campaigns on behalf of creationism in more tha...
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Explore the World Using Protozoa (e-Book)
Use protozoa to model macroscopic ecological and biological processes—such as symbiosis, succession, and feeding strategies—with these 28 hands-on investigations. This innovative resource will facilitate understanding and learning through inquiry...
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With teacher perseverance and administrative support, a minimum of 15 to 30 days of instruction can be gained within the current typical middle and high school year. Using the guidelines outlined here, classroom instructional time can be increased wi...
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In our students’ lifetimes, as many as a quarter of the plants, animals, and microorganisms on Earth may become extinct, primarily due to deforestation. . . As we introduce these concepts to our students, we should not only respond to crises but en...
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A Look at the Program Standards
The team that developed the National Science Education Standards outlined a comprehensive set of standards that covers virtually all elements of science education and outlines the shared responsibility of all involved. . . A major premise of the Stan...
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Teaching From a Global Point of View
Teachers of all disciplines . . . need to recognize the importance of science in the curriculum not simply as science per se, but in how it relates to the social, political, and economic spheres of human endeavor . . . We must see science as a bridge...
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The Crosswicks Creek Caper: A third-grade geology investigation
In this inquiry-based “caper,” students designed and conducted experiments to find answers to their questions related to "mystery rock." Through this investigation, the children learned that rocks and minerals have unique physical and chemical pr...
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The Impact of Science on Society
There is one thing we can say about scientific education as it existed 100 years ago: Certainly as far as America is concerned, the scientific education of the 19th century—taken almost as a whole—did not produce great scientists… There was som...