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Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo Academy: Where Science Education Comes to Life!

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo has become a leader in both informal and formal science education. Its Zoo Academy is one example of an effective nontraditional teaching model for science education. The academy has become an excellent work-based learning mo...

Book Chapter

Alternative Conceptions: New Directions and Exemplars in College Science Education Research

The most useful science education research for college science teachers is theory based and includes data collected from studies with college students, along with a discussion of the implications for teaching. In this chapter, the authors use example...

Journal Article

Integrating a Single Tablet PC in Chemistry, Engineering, and Physics Courses

A tablet PC is a versatile computer that combines the computing power of a notebook with the pen functionality of a PDA (Cox and Rogers 2005b). The authors adopted tablet PC technology in order to improve the process and product of the lecture format...

Journal Article

GeoJourney: A Field-Based, Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Geology, Native American Cultures, and Environmental Studies

GeoJourney is an interdisciplinary field trip in geology, Native American studies, and environmental studies designed for introductory-level undergraduates. The program travels 23,345 kilometers by van to national parks, industrial sites, museums, an...

Journal Article

Scope on Skies: Mercury

This month, Mercury will start becoming visible over the western horizon shortly after sunset. If you have students observe Mercury, they should do so at approximately the same time for each observation. During the first half of the month, Mercury wi...

eBook

Teaching Science to English Language Learners: Building on Students’ Strengths (e-book)

Can a student’s cultural background support learning in science? Or is concentrating on the specialized vocabulary of science the best way to help English language learners learn science? This book addresses these and other pressing questions you ...

Journal Article

A Remote-Sensing Mission

Sponsored by NASA and the JASON Education Foundation, the remote Sensing Earth Science Teacher Education Program (RSESTeP) trains teachers to use state-of-the art remote-sensing technology with the idea that participants bring back what they learn an...

Journal Article

Editor’s Corner: Earth in the Balance

The study of Earth science is sometimes overlooked in our high school science curriculums. In the rush to get through the sequence of biology-chemistry-physics and on to advanced level or AP courses, students and their parents sometimes regard Earth ...

Journal Article

Speaker Perceptions of Communicative Effectiveness: Conversational Analysis of Student-Teacher Talk

This study examines verbal behavior in student-teacher talk and alignment of perceptions of communication effectiveness. Heightened awareness of conversational patterns is more productive in the learning environment than the rote use of discourse mar...

Journal Article

Teaching Earth Science Using Hot Air Balloons

Constructing model hot air balloons is an activity that captures the imaginations of students, enabling teachers to present required content to minds that are open to receive it. Additionally, there are few activities that lend themselves to integrat...