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Science 2.0: Tablets as Learning Hubs

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses the use of tablet computers as a digital hub for learning....

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The Green Room: Fracking for Natural Gas

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses the environmental problems and economic benefits associated with using fracking to extract natural gas....

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Identifying Mathematics Content and Integrating It Into Science Instruction

Learn what to do when your students lack the necessary math skills to master science content....

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Editor's Corner: New Standards

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

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Methods and Strategies: On the Case

Implementing environmental science case studies helps students experience science in a meaningful way. This article describes a case study that involves the effects of the invasive plant kudzu....

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Formative Assessment Probes: Confronting Common Folklore—Catching a Cold

Formative assessment probes can help teachers find out what students' ideas are before teaching lessons and use the information to adjust instructional strategies. This article gives an example teachers can use to see if students understand signs of ...

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Research and Teaching: Understanding How Undergraduate Research Experiences Influence Student Aspirations for Research Careers and Graduate Education

Extant and emerging literature on undergraduate research experiences (UREs) focuses on the identification of their benefits to student participants. This study offers descriptions, drawn from an analysis of students' reflective journals, of three pro...

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Scope on the Skies: The Changing Earth's Surface

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses using satellite technology to describe the changing of seasons in rather precise terms using either geographic or celestial coordinates....

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Case Study: Assessing Critical-Thinking Skills Using Articles From the Popular Press

The author describes an instrument for evaluating critical-thinking skills using science articles in the popular press....

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Morning Meeting and Science—A Winning Combination

Daily morning meetings help improve key social skills needed for science class....

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Integrative Biology: A Capstone Course for an Introductory Biology Core

A capstone to a biology introductory curriculum was developed with the specific goals of enhancing integration of course content, promoting development of oral presentation skills and critical reading and thinking skills, and introducing ecological p...

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Guest Editorial: Retreading the Grades K–16 Coordination Mission Statement: Improving the Traction Along Two-to Four-Year Community Educational Pathways

The author suggests expanding the NSTA community to two-year communities and four-year communities, so they can participate in conversations about grades 13–16 coordination....

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Editors' Note: Moving Toward the Next Generation Science Standards

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Swap Meet: A Novel Way to Introduce Unit Conversion

This article describes a way to engage students through playing a card game to reinforce unit conversion skills....

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A Novel Technology to Investigate Students' Understandings of Enzyme Representations

This article describes how digital pen-and-paper technology was used to improve data collection in research regarding students' learning, specifically their understanding of enzyme-substrate interactions as depicted in textbook representations....

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The Structure and Assessment of a Unique and Popular Interdisciplinary Science Course for Nonmajors

Science Without Borders is a unique interdisciplinary science course that uses group and active-learning strategies and is in high demand among nonscience majors at a masters-level university. This article describes the course's unique structure and ...

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Career of the Month: An Interview with Data Scientist Daniel Tunkelang

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue discusses the work of a data scientist....

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Headline Science: Migrating Songbirds Depart on Time, Active Forest Management Aids Owl Species, Two Solar System Puzzles Solved, Greenhouse Gas Methane in the Arctic

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How Much Have You "Bean" Eating?

Students use beans to explore the relationship between world population and limited food resources....

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Looking at Life Cycles

This article discusses the different stages of the life cycles of butterflies and frogs....

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Read—and Walk—to Antarctica

A teacher's expedition inspires her school to follow along and adopt healthy habits....

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Nonscience Majors' Perceptions on the Use of YouTube Video to Support Learning in an Integrated Science Lecture

The instructor of an integrated science course for nonscience majors embedded content-related video segments from YouTube and other similar internet sources into lecture. Through this study, the instructor wanted to know students' perceptions of how ...

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Developing Graduate Student's Knowledge of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Through Lesson Study

A group of graduate teaching assistants collaborated with a biology professor and a science educator in a Japanese Lesson Study to directly address a need for contextualized learning. The results indicated that the participants were able to articulat...