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Design Your Own Navy

Virtual shipbuilding technology from professional naval engineeers ...

By MICHAEL BRISCOE

Journal Article

Do Plants Breathe?

The idea that plants do photosynthesis but do not do cellular respiration is a common misconception among middle and high school students that often stems from an over-simplification of these processes in diagrams and formal science instruction. The ...

By Jennifer L. Maeng and Amanda Gonczi

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From Bean to Cup

Coffee comes to the science lab ...

By Tom Cubbage

Chemistry Labs

Journal Article

Spicing Up Your Classroom With Games

Games allow teachers to interact with their students in a different way than they normally do. They also have the potential to challenge and assess students’ understanding of content. Games allow me to “play” with my students in ways that other...

By Melanie Pearlman

Journal Article

Teaching With Simulations

Teachers use simulations for student motivation, content learning, and engagement in science practices. ...

By Argenta Price, Carl Wieman, and Katherine Perkins

Journal Article

Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 2

In the February 2019 issue we looked at teaching speed and velocity. Now we’re ready to tackle acceleration. ...

By PAUL G. HEWITT

Journal Article

More than a Game

Computer simulations have become essential to scientific investigation and engineering design, thanks to advances in mathematical modeling, game theory, and computing technology. Simulations now provide an indispensable tool for investigating the pro...

By Steve Metz