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Breathing New Life Into Elementary Science Preservice Teacher Education

By Taylor J. Mach and Mandy M. Mach

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Methods & Strategies: Responsive Teaching and High-Stakes Testing

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This article focuses on responsive teaching, an instructional approach where the teacher seeks to understand the substance of students’ ideas, to find “seeds of science�...

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View from the Top (and the Bottom) of the World

Teaching global climate change from a polar perspective...

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On the Job

Job shadowing and internships open doors to STEM careers...

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Decoding Careers in DNA

Genetic coding lesson brings computational biology and STEM careers to life...

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Who Tagged the Bench?

Five spiraled activities to show the importance of interpreting data...

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Creative Assessments

Using RAFT writing to assess students in a course on motion...

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Editor’s Corner: A Good Day’s Work

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

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Focus on Physics: Bow Waves to Sonic Booms

This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. This issue discusses the effects when the source of water waves or the source of sound waves in air travels faster than the waves produced....

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Science 2.0: Map My Data

This column shares web tools that support learning. This issue describes how when using Google Maps, students can find patterns and trends that exist within a data set relative to their location, which can now be visualized in a few quick steps. Stud...

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Career of the Month: Audio Engineer

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This issue describes Ivan Ortiz's career path to becoming an audio engineer....

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Right to the Source: Encouraging Exploration—The WPA Poster Project

Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This issue discusses the The WPA Poster Project....

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How Will We Freeze the Ice Cream?

Combine engineering and chemistry to learn how to create your own ice cream....

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Making Mixtures

Explore the physical mixing of substances with water to create a solution or suspension. ...

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Where Does a Tree Get Its Mass?

Measure trees to estimate their mass as part of an exploration of photosynthesis and plant growth....