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A group of kindergarteners and fellow first graders turned one school hallway into a forest as they endeavored to learn about animals and science inquiry. Not just any mural, this culmination of a month-long project was based on observing, questionin...
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Issues In-depth: Inside the rainforests of the sea—Coral reefs and their endangerment
For a science teacher, studying coral and coral reefs provides an opportunity to present numerous scientific concepts in an integrated manner. The concepts of radial symmetry, biodiversity, symbiosis, interdependence, endangerment, and climate change...
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Science Sampler: Frugal equipment substitution—A quick guide
Is your school on a shoestring budget? If so, learn how to s—t—r—e—t—c—h it further by using the amazingly clever, economical substitutions shared by a veteran teacher in this article. This quick guide will help you to provide more hand...
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The word integration has many different meanings. Integration in science typically means making connections among the science disciplines. Integration of science and math usually means using math to teach science. The authors are calling the conn...
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When learning, students yearn for meaning, challenge, and relevance. Integrated learning fulfills these desires by limiting the compartmentalization of learning—providing a more coherent learning environment. Too often, mathematics and the physical...
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Most of us have experienced the frustration of limited school science budgets, and many of us have had to resort to repeatedly dipping into our own personal funds to finance the material needs of our classrooms. With a little time and effort, you can...
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Do any of your students struggle with the scientific and mathematical concepts underlying a lab investigation or to articulate conclusions based on their data? If so, try enhancing their higher-order thinking skills by explicitly linking science and ...
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Science Sampler: Walk this way
While they themselves may be in constant motion, getting middle school students to really understand the motion shown in distance/time graphs can often be a challenge—but a challenge that must be taken on! In virtually every listing of national and...
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Simple Machine Science Centers
One solution to the common challenge of teaching physical science for teachers who are not confident with the subject matter or comfortable with the material is inquiry based science centers. Science centers can engage students; accommodate differen...
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In this project, high school chemistry students investigate atomic structure from a historical perspective. Assuming the personas of eight legendary scientists and their assistants, students stage a mock gathering to explore the evolution of the atom...
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Science 101: How much overlap is there across science disciplines?
You often will hear that physics, chemistry, biology, and Earth science have a lot in common. In fact, many science curriculum programs stress how these disciplines are integrated and have common concepts and themes. More evidence of this integration...
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A local middle school requested that the Water Center of Advanced Materials for Purification of Water With Systems (WaterCAMPWS), a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center, provide an introduction to pH for their seventh-grade water...
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Science Sampler: A (minty) fresh approach to science fair projects
This class activity allows students to quickly “do” a class science fair project in order to see how it’s done. It's also a great way to introduce concepts of controlling variables and testing multiple subjects using an inexpensive breath mint....
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Scope on the Skies: Other moons
Nearly 400 years ago, on January 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei turned his new telescope toward the planet Jupiter. In his notes and later in a publication titled Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger, Galileo described his observations of Jupiter ...
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Career of the Month: An interview with Bone Detective Diane France
We have all heard the expression, “eyes are windows to our souls.” Similarly, a forensic anthropologist might say “bones are windows to our lives.” When someone dies and their identity is unknown, skeletal clues can uncover who that person is...
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One of the shortcomings in most efforts to integrate art and science is that many of us have a shallow understanding of art, which inevitably leads to shallow connections between art and science. Coloring drawings of planets, building sculptures of v...
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Inquiring Minds Do Want to Know
A group of pre-service students assigned to fifth graders with an interest in tornadoes worked over the course of several classes to present a series of lessons that gave students a solid background so they could understand how tornadoes are formed. ...
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The ability to engage in argumentation in order to construct, justify, and evaluate scientific explanations is seen by many as an important component of scientific literacy. In order to foster productive argumentation in science classrooms, the autho...
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Science and art are both creative ways of understanding the world and representing what we have come to know about it. The concrete, tangible aspects of art often provide a venue for students to convey their grasp of scientific knowledge, such as cre...
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The Discovery of <em> Jelly bellicus </em>
Finding an engaging way to teach students the basic principles of natural selection and how evolution is significant to their lives can be a difficult task. As a result, the authors implemented an activity published by Michigan State University (Smit...
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In today’s fast-paced, technological world, it is a constant struggle for teachers to find new and exciting ways to challenge and engage our students. The Paint-Stirrer Submarine is a unique and challenging laboratory exercise that keeps the studen...