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Point of View: Lessons Learned From Julia
This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue discusses four important lessons for the author's teaching....
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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Back-to-School Dress for Success
This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue offers some tips on how to make that winning first impression on your own students and colleagues....
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Science Shorts: From Soda to Smoothies
This article discusses implementing nutrition education programs at the elementary level. In this activity students learn to read and compare the nutrition facts on food labels to help them choose ingredients to create their own smoothie. Students al...
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Science 101: Is it healthy for your body temperature to change all the time?
The author explains why the body temperature for a human who is healthy can range from 97 degrees Farenheit to 100 degrees Farenheit....
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Research and Teaching: A Case Study on Reflective Writing
Reflective writing is a student-centered approach widely used in science and engineering courses that helps students develop a holistic scientific mindset. The authors present a multiple case study in two science courses in which students engaged in ...
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Tried and True: Springing Into Linear Models
This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue presents an activity that links forces and linear relationships by having students measure the distance a spring stretches as a function of how much we...
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Successful Co-Teaching in the Science Classroom
There are five main forms of co-teaching: lead and support, station teaching, parallel teaching, alternative teaching, and team teaching. A description of the forms, the pros and cons of co-teaching, and its effectiveness in the science classroom is ...
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Using Mentoring to Foster Professional Development Among Undergraduate Instructional Leaders
This study examines the mentoring relationships of student instructors who provide supplemental instruction for undergraduate science courses. Specifically, the authors examined the relationships negotiated between mentor and protege student instruct...
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Kindergarteners, Fish, and Worms ... Oh My!
Students learn about animals through observations and science discussions....
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Strengthening Science Departments
Learn how teachers and chairpersons can help their departments support best practices in science. ...
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Measuring Up: A Simple Lesson That Engages Students in Scientific Practices and Mathematics
Students compare arm spans by measuring, graphing, and practicing important science skills. This lesson helps to incorporate mathematical standards from the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and scientific practices from the new Framework f...
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Everyday Engineering: Should Ice Be Cubed?
Everyday Engineering provides an inside look at the marvels of engineering in our everyday life. This article examines the different forms that ice cubes take and the different ways to examine them....
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This articles lays out a plan to develop inquiry skills in a third-grade classroom over the course of the school year....
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Scope on Safety: STEM: A question of safety.
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the growth of STEM lessons and the need to address hazard recognition and safety training relative to the use of hand and power tools in engineering project cons...
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Early Years: Teaching Young Scientists About Their Bodies
Children create models to develop understanding of how bones function to support vertebrate animal bodies....