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Evaluating Variables, Explanations, and Models
Two components of scientific inquiry—designing tests and analysis—are important parts of most scientific investigations, Designing and carrying out good and fair investigations of scientific models are more difficult than analyzing data and think...
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Problem solving tends to be messy. Every problem is different, and each one calls for a slightly different approach. Unfortunately, students often have erroneous ideas about what it takes to be good at problem solving, such as “good problem solvers...
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Integrating Content and Scientific Inquiry in Your Lessons
Although no single lesson-planning approach will work every time for every student in every situation, researchers continue to conclude that one particular approach outperforms any other when it comes to effectively teaching scientific concepts. This...
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Documentation and Research Paper Setup
After organizing the raw data from your experiment and performing statistical analysis, you are ready to move to the next part of your research project—sharing the results of your experiment. You do this by writing a STEM research paper and/or prep...
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Presenting the STEM Research Project
An important part of conducting research for all STEM professionals is to communicate their study results. This is generally accomplished in two different ways. The first is to write a scientific paper, in order to have the paper published in a STEM ...
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Graphical representations are visual ways to represent raw data, descriptive statistics, or inferential statistics in order to highlight important findings from a research study. You can use the graphical representations to determine additional stati...
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Inferential Statistics and Data Interpretation
This chapter is organized into two parts. In the first part, the author briefly introduces inferential statistical tests that are commonly used in STEM research. The description of these tests is meant only to provide an overview and to help you dete...
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After you have begun background research on your topic and have a preliminary hypothesis, you will write your proposal. A proposal is a document that describes the proposed experimental design of your research project. Essentially, it is a paper writ...
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Once you have collected data from your experiment, you will need to calculate various descriptive statistics explained in this chapter. This chapter contains guidelines on how to graphically represent data and provide tips on using description and in...
Journal Article
Integrating the worlds of art and science can be a perfect tool for engaging students in science. One way to make this connection is to explore the life and work of great nature artists of the past and present....
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Safer Science: Pregnant in the Laboratory
This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. In this month’s issue, pregnancy policy in the laboratory is discussed....
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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Making Your Mark
This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue discusses making a name for yourself as a teacher and developing a good reputation....
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Apps for Ancient Civilizations
This project incorporates technology and a historical emphasis on science drawn from ancient civilizations to promote a greater understanding of conceptual science. In the Apps for Ancient Civilizations project, students investigate an ancient cultur...
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The authors developed a smART—science meets art—concept and created a summer camp for seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade students that combines art and science to teach about topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics. They also describe how ...
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Science Shorts: How Many Ways Are There to Move?
This column provides classic classroom activities that emphasize science process skills. In this month’s issue the author uses the 5E learning cycle with third- and fourth-grade students to teach that a force is a push or pull....
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The author works with a chorus teacher to create an interdisciplinary unit using music to supplement the science curriculum. This particular subject involved creating lyrics and music to help students learn cellular components vocabulary....
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Recognizing Excellence: From Macro to Micro to Nano
This column features profiles of award-winning science programs and teachers. In this month’s issue the author shares his experience of working with a university researcher. Third-grade students benefit from this relationship and learn about the na...
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The 21st-Century Oral Presentation Tool Bag
The author provides suggestions and tools to help teachers implement successful oral presentations in their science classrooms....
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Science 2.0: Combine Your Technologies for 21st-Century Results
This column shares web tools that support learning. In this month’s issue, the author discusses using combinations of technologies so students can complete open-ended tasks, which offer opportunities to practice 21st-century skills....
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Career of the Month: Visualization Scientist
This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. In this month’s issue Carter Emmart describes what it is like to be a visualization scientist....
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Formative Assessment Probes: Pushes and Pulls
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses the assessment probe "Talking About Forces."...
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The Early Years: Objects in Motion
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this month’s issue students use small objects, such as tops, to explore motion. Students then perform data collection of movement with the teacher's help...
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Inquiry Science and Active Reading
The author presents a pair of fifth-grade activities: an inquiry science activity in which students conduct hands-on investigations of force and motion, and a reading activity where they collaboratively analyze a text that contains words that have be...
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Customizing Curriculum With Digital Resources
To effectively use digital resources in the classroom, teachers must customize the information, merge it with pre-existing curriculum, differentiate it for diverse student populations, and still meet standards-based learning goals. This article descr...
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The Art and Science of Notebooks
Along with inquiry-based teaching, exploring the elements of art can guide students to view and represent objects realistically. Understanding line, shape, color, value, form, space, and texture helps bridge the gap between what students actually obs...