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Development of a Valid and Reliable Student-Achievement and Process-Skills Instrument

Development of a research instrument to measure student achievement requires planning and reliability and validity testing before the instrument is used to collect data. These steps are often overlooked in research studies, but when the instrument is...

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Scientific Research for Undergraduate Students: A Review of the Literature

Engaging students in authentic scientific research has become an important component of undergraduate science education at many institutions. The purpose of this paper is to explore authentic research experiences as contexts for learning. The authors...

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Society for College Science Teachers: Perpetually Updating

Keeping current with the research in science education is as important as keeping current in discipline-specific research. The Society for College Science Teachers (SCST) has been providing leadership in promoting research in science education for al...

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University Facilities as Real-World Foci of Multidisciplinary Science Learning

The authors sought to better approximate the practice of “real” science in our classrooms by having students study a newly built storm-water remediation wetland on campus. The wetland was meant to gather and clean storm water running off of stude...

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Just Rolling Along

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit ideas about uniform motion. The probe is designed as a starting point to encourage students to use evidence and observation to support their ideas. The goal is for students to eventually develop and t...

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Roller Coasters ClassPack

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Early Childhood Elementary Physics Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Science and Engineering Practices

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Imaginative Inventions ClassPack

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Early Childhood Elementary Engineering STEM Technology Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Science and Engineering Practices

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Mirror, Mirror ClassPack

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Over in the Ocean ClassPack

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Early Childhood Elementary Earth & Space Science Life Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Science and Engineering Practices

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Be a Friend to Trees ClassPack

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Grand Canyon ClassPack

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Brainstorms: From Idea to Invention ClassPack

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Bubbles ClassPack: Grades K-4

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Early Childhood Elementary Life Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Science and Engineering Practices

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Chemical Change Café ClassPack

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Sheep in a Jeep ClassPack

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The Changing Moon ClassPack

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Elementary Middle School Earth & Space Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Science and Engineering Practices

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Day and Night ClassPack

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Elementary Earth & Space Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Teaching Strategies

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Earth Hounds ClassPack

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What's Poppin'? ClassPack

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Name That Shell! ClassPack

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Journal Article

DIY Versus Professional

Weather, with its built-in atmospheric laboratory, is a natural source of inquiry. The ever-changing nature of weather provides a constant source of questions to investigate and connects to a multitude of physical science concepts. The question, “H...

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Natural Resources: There Is a Season

You’ll gain plenty of weather resources from this month’s issue (temperature concepts, weather instruments, the water cycle/evaporation). You can use that information with these outdoor seasonal connections....

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Scope on Safety: Administrators say the darndest things!

Science teachers are licensed professionals and therefore are held to a higher standard by the court when it comes to “duty of care” of students and fellow employees. Remember, most courts today rely on the teacher to determine if a lab is safe�...

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Science Sampler: The Plant Feastival

The Plant Feastival is a celebration of the plants we use as food. It is a culminating activity for the plant unit, during which students participate in the “Great Plant Race” and prepare a research project on a food plant. The research project i...

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Cloud Watchers

Weather is a topic in science that is applicable to our lives on an everyday basis. The weather often determines what we wear, where we go, and what we do. This month’s column focuses on clouds and the part they play in determining our weather. In ...

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Scope on the Skies: Out with the old and in with the new

Spring in the Northern Hemisphere is not only a transition between seasons; it is also a transition between the brighter starry winter skies and the relatively dimmer skies of the spring season. Our solar system is also going through a transition fro...

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Blogging About the Weather

Since the majority of the content standards related to weather focus on forecasting, elementary students often spend a lot of time studying cloud types, fronts, storms, and using a barometer to read air pressure. Although this allows students to “d...

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Using Citizen Scientists to Measure the Effects of Ozone Damage on Native Wildflowers

Since 2004, middle and high school students have been monitoring the effects of ground-level ozone by collecting data on observable leaf injury on cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) and crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis) in the Great Smokey Mo...

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Science 2.0: Wiki, Wiki!

Wikis are particularly useful in education because they are easy to use, accessible, and allow students to collaborate on projects both in and outside of class. Most wiki platforms provide a “history” function that gives teachers the opportunity ...

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The Prepared Practitioner: The National Science Digital Library

The National Science Digital Library (NSDL)—a National Science Foundation–funded funded website—features tons of cool stuff for science teachers. On this site, users can find online teaching resources related to science, technology, engineering...

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Leaving Their Legacy

Research Experiences for Teachers (RET), funded by the National Science Foundation, offer teachers an opportunity to participate in current, hands-on scientific research in laboratories across the United States. These experiences provide an avenue fo...