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Book Chapter

Science Beyond the Curriculum: Projects and Challenges

The National Science Education Standards and Benchmarks for Science Literacy stress the importance of creating science experiences that are linked to the real world, something that is familiar to students. Projects and challenges hold the potential f...

Journal Article

Science Sampler: The wonder of it all

Nature surrounds us with awe-inspiring events and elements. All too often, however, the beauty and intricacy of nature is lost on students who get bogged down with reading about it in textbooks rather than experiencing it. The simple pleasures of lea...

Journal Article

Science Safaris: Developing Bold Academic Explorers Outside the Science Classroom

Science, like most subjects, can only come alive when students are actively engaged in real-life pursuits that interest and challenge them (VanTassel-Baska and Bass 1998). Here the author describes how she was able to bring science to life for her mi...