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Constructive Connections

An effective way to implement constructivism in the classroom is through the use of K'NEX building sets, an ideal exmple of toys that teach. In this activity, students construct knowledge by building bridges. K'NEX building sets allow students to vi...

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Problem-Based Learning

Problem-Based Learning (PBL) requires students to attempt to solve problems rather than learn how to problem solve. The students using these activities of PBL scored better on assessments of science content, science processes, and high-level thinking...

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The Case Study: A Few Steps Ahead on the Same Path: Using Peer Tutors in the Cooperative-Learning Classroom—A Multilayered Approach to Teaching

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s issue explains how using upper-class undergraduates as group facilitators in classroom...

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Science in the Cemetery

Cemeteries provide students with the opportunity to learn science in an unusual outdoor setting. In this activity, find out how Earth science, math, and history can be brought together in a field trip to your local cemetery....

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children for 1999: Books published in 1998

These books were selected as outstanding children's science trade books, and are intended primarily for K-8. The selection was made by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) in cooperation with the Children'...

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Editor's Roundtable: Non-Standard Science

Science Scope’s editors share thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Teaching Circuits Is Child's Play

Although all the basics were covered in a traditional unit on electricity, it felt like something was missing—would the students be able to apply their knowledge of circuits to real-world situations. In this activity, the reengineered electricity u...

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Slip, Sledding Away

This sledding activity is used to wrap up a unit on motion after students have been introduced to the concepts of speed, velocity, acceleration, and momentum....

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A Growth Opportunity

This 7th grade life science class is about to embark on the Plant Project as they collect leaves and flowers as a homework assignment and learn that the class will be held outside. The project can serve as a foundation for many other class topics—c...

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Student, Graduate, and Faculty Perspectives on Fledgling Content-Based Doctoral Programs in Science and Mathematics Education: Producing a Professoriate as Well Trained to Teach as to Research

For the Ph.D. degrees in biology, mathematics, and chemical education to be appropriate, there needs to be more emphasis on research related to teaching/learning in the content areas—not just an emphasis on teaching in the content areas. The progra...

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The Gigantic Titanic Egg Disaster

This activity features an iceberg-disaster simulation called the "Gigantic Titanic Egg Disaster." Students enjoy using their own problem-solving skills and creativity to prevent a Titanic disaster....

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Fearless Fliers

Under most circumstances, flying paper airplanes during class would not be allowed, but at the close of this 6th grade class students are encouraged to fly all sorts of paper airplanes. This mini-unit makes the last few days of school exciting and in...

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Scooter Science

This interdisciplinary approach to studying the concept of acceleration uses scooters to visually demonstrate the change of velocity over time and distance....

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Haiku and Science—Observing, Reflecting, and Writing about Nature: Using an Art Form that Demands Careful Observation of the Natural World

Haiku and science both focus on nature and require excellent observational abilities. This article describes the characteristics of haiku and a haiku assignment used in college biology courses. Students carefully observed the natural world, wrote hai...