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Diagnosis for Classroom Success, Teacher Edition: Making Anatomy and Physiology Come Alive

“When I entered the teaching profession, I was stunned by the lack of interest my high school students had in science education. The traditional model of teaching science, often referred to as ‘chalk-and-talk’ with the occasional laboratory mix...

By Nicole H. Maller

High School General Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Teacher Preparation

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Ecological Investigations Within an Interactive Plant Community Simulation

This article describes how students can create a virtual plant community that uses simple ecological models of plant species to simulate changes in a plant community over time....

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Science Meets the Arts

Build your own fish, amphibian, and reptile models to explore the diversity of life....

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Journaling: A Bridge Between School and Home

Children share their learning experiences while using academic language in a meaningful way....

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Enhancing Science Kits With the Driving Question Board

This article describes a tool to increase student engagement, clarify connections between activities, and align to standards....

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Tried and True: Simulating Biodiversity: The Effects of Human and Environmental Factors

This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue discusses a simulation-type game where students can quickly see how various factors—small and large, human-dominated and natural—affect a community...

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Editor's Corner: Science for All

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

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The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i> and the Earth and Space Sciences

This article examines the important features of Earth and space science standards for elementary, middle, and high school levels....

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Formative Assessment Probes: Is It a Rock? Continuous Formative Assessment

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses assessment related to Earth Science topics of rock formation and properties of matter....

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Reaching the Next Stephen Hawking

This article offers five ways to help students with disabilities in advanced placement science classes....

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Teaching Through Trade Books: What Shapes the Earth?

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue explores the question: How and why is Earth constantly changing?...

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Health Wise: Concussion ABCs

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 helps students understand the consequences of concussions....

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Using Mathematics to Conduct Social Analyses of Bottlenose Dolphins in Science Classrooms

Observe dolphin social interactions in an interdisciplinary math and life science unit....

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Scope on Safety: Sizing Up for Safety

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses occupancy load....

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The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i> and the Earth and Space Sciences

This article discusses the important features of Earth and space science standards for elementary, middle, and high school levels....

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The Green Room: Genetically Modified Crops

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses the pros and cons of genetically modified crops....

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The Dynamic Earth: Recycling Naturally!

A series of learning cycle lessons put a new spin on rock formation....

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Having pHun With Soils

Test the pH of soil to explore its impact on an ecosystem....

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The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i> and the Earth and Space Sciences

This article discusses the important features of Earth and space science standards for elementary, middle, and high school levels....

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Scope on the Skies: The Geography of Eclipses

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue talks about eclipses....

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Cold Scat Creamery: Using Ice-Cream-Parlor Tricks to Create Fake Scat

Create fake scat that reflects animal diets and have students learn about local wildlife, animal sign identification, and a variety of animal diet classifications....