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Using Issues-Based Science in the Classroom

Every day we are confronted with issues of varying degrees of complexity and importance. Which bags are better for the environment—paper, plastic, or neither? What precautions should be taken to reduce the spread of the H1N1 virus? Are there risks ...

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Addressing Misconceptions

The law of conservation of mass can be counterintuitive for most students because they often think the mass of a substance is related to its physical state. As a result, students may hold a number of alternative conceptions related to this concept, i...

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Every Day Science: October 2009

This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer....

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Science 101: How do you ask effective questions in science class, and how do you analyze the responses?

To summarize the author’s answer to this question, effective questions are those that lead, eventually, to answers that indicate the student understands what’s going on beyond a terse answer that might just be memorized. In assessing the answers,...

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That Is Not Where That Element Goes … Ah, the Nature of Science

Learning how the periodic table has developed over time can provide an important foundation for students’ future science learning, as they begin to explore the explanatory power of other models in science. In this activity, students are given the o...

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Wind Solvers

Measuring real weather provides a nice opportunity for data collection and problem-solving when students work to create a procedure before they gather data. It is also a powerful way to get students to notice the weather. In this lesson, the data col...