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Science Sampler: A “handy” way to teach classification

When teaching the five kingdoms to middle school students, use this “handy” mnemonic device that helps students recall kingdom names, as well as a fact or two about each one. Simple and obvious analogies are used to captivate and retain students�...

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Scope on Safety: Dissection—Don’t cut out safety

In June 2005, the NSTA Board of Directors adopted a revised position statement, Responsible Use of Live Animals and Dissection in the Science Classroom. Under the “Dissection” section, NSTA calls for more research to determine the effectiveness o...

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Science Sampler: Recycling aluminum cans in the lab—Two inexpensive inquiry activities

Don’t throw away that aluminum can! Don’t even place it in the recycling bin. Instead, use it in your next science lab. In addition to the economic advantages of using materials such as aluminum cans, there are also pedagogical advantages: Physic...

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Using Web-Based Simulations to Promote Inquiry

Science teachers seek engaging, effective, and inquiry-based activities that are standards-aligned and convenient to implement in their classrooms. For many years, the web has provided teachers and students with a vast resource of factual information...

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Resourceful Science Integration

Recognizing that many issues of Science and Children contain helpful and varied examples of science integration that might be pertinent to a particular classroom setting, we decided to compile an annotated bibliography using issues from the last 12 y...

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Editor’s Corner: Do the Math

Of all the disciplines, mathematics would seem to be the easiest to connect with science. After all, mathematics is the “the language of science.” We already use math to analyze data and solve problems in science classes; efforts to intentionally...