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Finding the CO2 Culprit

Investigating whether man or mountain emits more atmospheric carbon dioxide....

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Policy, Literacy, and Energy

A yearlong project to engage physics students with national energy policy....

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Sampling in the Snow

Making the most of winter conditions outside the science clsasroom....

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Our Town

Teaching alternative energy sources and decision making through a town hall meeting....

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Fields of Fuel

Using a video game to support reasoning about sustainability....

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12

Books published in 2014....

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Editor's Corner: Exploring Energy

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....

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Science 2.0: Flipping Tools for the Science Classroom

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses screencasting and podcasting....

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The Green Room: A New International Climate Change Agreement

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses activities related to a new international climate change agreement....

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Health Wise: Why Teens Take Risks

This Q&A style column provides up-to-date information on current health topics—helping students (and teachers) make healthy choices. This month’s issue discusses reasons that teens—especially boys—are known for taking risks....

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Career of the Month: Nuclear Engineer

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Bill Kohlroser's career path to becoming a nuclear engineer....

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Safer Science: STEM Safety: A Collaborative Effort

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses how to be safe when planning integrated STEM programs....

High School STEM Safety

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How College-Level Introductory Instruction Can Impact Student Epistemological Beliefs

This article describes a survey study of college students' epistemologies about biology and learning biology. Specifically, the authors examined the differences between science and nonscience majors and their changes in epistemologies over the course...

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Building the Impetus for Change: An Across-Curriculum Initiative in Biology

The authors wanted to improve student learning of evolutionary concepts by integrating content across the biology major. In this article they describe the process used to develop support among members of the department and administration to implement...

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Writing Stories in the Sciences

Writing stories is advocated as an excellent means of learning the process of science; however, little is understood about students' experiences of engaging in story writing in postsecondary science courses. The study described in this article was de...

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Higher Education Faculty Collaboration With K–12 Teachers as a Professional Development Experience for Faculty

This article reports on the potential of higher education science faculty involvement in a K–12 scientist–teacher partnership as a source of faculty professional development....

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Usefulness of Livescribe Web Recordings as Supplemental Resources for a Large Lecture Undergraduate Course

Livescribe pencasts, which are interactive online versions of notes and audio, were created as supplementary resources to help students understand core undergraduate cell biology topics....

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Authentic Science Research Opportunities: How Do Undergraduate Students Begin Integration Into a Science Community of Practice?

The goal of the study described was to understand the process and degree to which an undergraduate science research program for rising college freshmen achieved its stated objectives to integrate participants into a community of practice and to devel...

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Research and Teaching: Toward Interdisciplinary Perspectives: Using Osmotic Pressure as an Example for Analyzing Textbook Explanations

Despite the increasing interests and practices in interdisciplinary science education, little research has been documented to develop effective assessments targeting students' interdisciplinary learning. In response to this gap, a team of scientists ...

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Research and Teaching: The Roles of Mentoring and Motivation in Student Teaching Assistant Interactions and in Improving Experience in First-Year Biology Laboratory Classes

The authors investigated the impact of changing student–TA relations to include a sense of mentoring by redesigning TA allocations so that students worked with the same TA throughout the semester, but without changing student-to-TA ratios....

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Research and Teaching: Broadening Access to Science With Support for the Whole Student in a Residential Liberal Arts College Environment

This article describes two cohort programs that were used to support students from groups underrepresented in STEM fields at Carleton College. These programs were designed to support three aspects of student development: students' drive to succeed in...

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Two-Year Community: A 3+8 Model of Undergraduate Research for Community College STEM Majors

This article describes the implementation of an innovative undergraduate research model for students attending a two-year institution. It gives students an opportunity to engage in undergraduate research at nearby four-year institutions, which provid...