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Virtual Storm Chase: Bringing the Atmospheric Sciences to Life Through an Interactive Case Study

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Virtual Storm Chase: Bringing the Atmospheric Sciences to Life Through an Interactive Case Study

An in-class case study is presented for use in a liberal arts core extreme weather course, designed to foster science literacy, appreciation, and critical thinking skills in nonscience majors....

Case Study: The Chef Returns: A Recipe for Writing Great Case Studies

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Case Study: The Chef Returns: A Recipe for Writing Great Case Studies

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This issue provides a recipe for writing great case studies....

Research and Teaching: It’s Not Just for Points: Teacher Justifications and Student Perceptions About Active Learning

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Research and Teaching: It’s Not Just for Points: Teacher Justifications and Student Perceptions About Active Learning

This article examines teacher justifications and student perceptions about active learning....

Research and Teaching: Graduate TA Teaching Behaviors Impact Student Achievement in a Research-Based Undergraduate Science Course

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Research and Teaching: Graduate TA Teaching Behaviors Impact Student Achievement in a Research-Based Undergraduate Science Course

A look at the influence of graduate teaching assistants' teaching behaviors on student achievement in a research-based undergraduate science course....

Research and Teaching: Growing a Learning Assistant Program: Using Perceptions to Inform Improvement

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Research and Teaching: Growing a Learning Assistant Program: Using Perceptions to Inform Improvement

The authors describe a study used to gather learning assistant and faculty member perceptions to understand if programmatic goals of learning assistant programs are being met....

Research and Teaching: PowerPoint Use in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom: Perceptions and Impacts on Student Learning

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Research and Teaching: PowerPoint Use in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom: Perceptions and Impacts on Student Learning

This article focuses on the use of, and perceptions about, PowerPoint in undergraduate introductory biology classes to understand how PowerPoint composition can best promote student learning....

Science Scope—January 2019

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Science Scope—January 2019

Not everyone lives in close proximity to an ocean, but everyone on the planet is affected by these massive bodies of water. Learn how changes in our oceans are affecting biodiversity, sea levels, and the climate with the articles found in this issue...

Science and Children—January 2019

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Science and Children—January 2019

The concept of problem-based learning has been vigorously applied in the classroom and touted as a panacea to the traditional curriculum. This month, we take on PBL in all its iterations to share practical and applicable teaching methods and learnin...

The Beaks of Birds (e-book)

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The Beaks of Birds (e-book)

Available for Pre-order. This publication will be released in OCTOBER 2018...

Ocean Acidification Investigation

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Ocean Acidification Investigation

Introduce a weak acid into a container of shells and water to help students understand the effects of ocean acidification....

Fish Out of Water

Interactive E-book Kids

Fish Out of Water

Kat is a student paleontologist who uses a video chat app to communicate with readers during her expedition to visit a paleontological site in the desert of Egypt. She wants to figure out how a fossil fish came to exist at this site. Readers help Kat...

Early Childhood Elementary Informal Education Pre-service Teachers Earth & Space Science STEM Technology 5E Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary

Are They the Same?

Interactive E-book Kids

Are They the Same?

This e-book is based on the natural phenomenon that any group of plants or animals will demonstrate individual variation that allows scientists to distinguish between members of the group. In order to explore this phenomenon, we follow the journey o...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Biology Life Science STEM Technology 5E Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry Learning Progression Lesson Plans NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Literacy

Help Me Grow

Interactive E-book Kids

Help Me Grow

Help Me Grow is an interactive book where readers enter a forest to see how four different animals raise their young. Interactivities and questions guide readers to explore patterns and make decisions to give the young animals a better chance of surv...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool 5E Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry Learning Progression Lesson Plans NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Literacy

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