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To improve retention and engagement, first-year college science majors enrolled in University Experience orientation courses participated in a hands-on laboratory research experience: a DNA barcoding project to facilitate species identification. Stud...
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Despite their experiences with a cartoon sponge, most elementary students know little about the diverse inhabitants of coral reefs. Therefore, with vivid photography and video, diverse coral reef inhabitants were brought to life for the author’s fi...
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Tried and True: Inquiry-based environmental science investigations with the fantastic fruit fly
The use of inquiry in life science can be particularly daunting because of the additional management and care living systems require. However, there are some low-maintenance organisms that work well in the classroom. One of these is the common fruit ...
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A Case-Based Approach Improves Science Students’ Experimental Variable Identification Skills
Incorporation of experimental case studies into the laboratory curriculum increases students’ abilities to identify experimental variables that affect the outcome of an experiment. Here the authors describe how such case studies were incorporated u...
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Editor’s Corner: Literacy 2010 (and Beyond)
The ability to read and write should be a baseline expectation for all. In the modern world, competent reading and writing is only the beginning of true literacy. Our students must now be competent in multiple “literacies”: technological, media, ...
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From Copernicus to Galileo, from Schleiden and Schwann to Watson and Crick, our understanding of the world around us has changed with developing technologies. Information technology, or the input, sharing, and publication of data and graphics in dela...
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The first-grade classroom was like a natural history museum. Bird nests of every shape and size lay on top of bookshelves that lined two walls. Methods students, who were visiting the classroom in preparation for the science lessons they would teach ...
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Differences in insect morphology and movement during singing provide a fascinating opportunity for students to investigate insects while learning about the characteristics of sound. In the activities described here, students use a free online compute...