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Research and Teaching: Cooperating with Constructivism—Getting the Word Out on the Meaning of “Constructivism”

When science educators gather together and the word “constructivism” is used, many people pause and ask for clarification of that person’s definition of constructivism. In this article, the author gives a brief overview of constructivism. Some ...

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Editor's Note: Hey, Look Us Over

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

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Creative Conflict Resolution

Creative Conflict Resolution is an instructional technique tailor-made for examining science and society issues. This technique provides an excellent forum for students to present data and discuss their findings with their peers. Conflict exists when...

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Assessing Students’ Ideas About Animals: Participate in a new study that examines students' ideas about animals

This article is an interview protocol that you can use to gather information about your students’ ideas about animals. Specifically, you will be able to determine which organisms your students think are animals and identify what students consider t...

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Scope on the Skies: Coming soon to a sky near you

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. In this month’s issue learn about September skies and the opportunities this year for students to join in the exploration of space....

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Tech Trek: Create a critter

Two things students are interested in are computers and bugs. In this article, students work in pairs to create their own imaginary insect, design it on a computer, construct a model, and animate the computer design....

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Urban Bird-Watching II

In “Urban Bird-Watching,” previously published in Science Scope, the author described an activity designed to get students out of the classroom and into the outdoors (Rodenberg, 1993). In that activity, suggestions were offered to familiarize stu...

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Developing Inquiring Minds: Students use chromatography to separate the colors in fall leaves

In this scientific inquiry experience, students brainstormed observations of the autumn trees, noticing the patterns in certain trees and which parts of the trees turned color first. These observations led to questions such as “Where were the red a...

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Taking Flight with NASA

Our lives are integrally connected to airplanes. The products we buy, the mail we send and receive, and the vacations or business trips we take are all made more efficient by flight. We take for granted the airplanes that move across our skies, far a...

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A Mentoring Program with Hands-on Laboratory Experiments: Bridging the Needs of Elementary School Students and Women Undergraduates in a Science Community Program

This article describes a program in which middle-school girls are paired with women undergraduate science majors to carry out hands-on laboratory experiments that relate everyday life. The goal of this science mentoring program is to encourage middle...

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Research vs. Teaching: Can the Roles Be Combined? An Interview with Physiologist Barbara Horwitz of the University of California-Davis

Recognized researcher and distinguished teacher Dr. Barbara Horwitz of the University of California-Davis shares her thoughts on her career as both a researcher and an educator, explaining her teaching practices and philosophies as well as her resear...

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Sizing Up Science Competitions: Guidelines for choosing a science contest for students

Each fall, teachers receive many packets in the mail announcing exciting science contests for students. Because many of these contests promise prizes, trips, and awards for winning students and their teachers, it is tempting for teachers to try to en...

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Editorial: Thoughts on Electronic Publication: Edging into the Future—Electronically

The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue. ...