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Book Chapter
Undergraduate Research in Science: Not Just for Scientists Anymore
Institutional measures, such as the fraction of undergraduate research (UR) students who later pursue a PhD in science, do not reflect the value of UR as an educational and personal growth experience for students; moreover, little data exist to justi...
Book Chapter
Concept Mapping in College Science
A concept map is a two-dimensional, hierarchical node-link diagram that depicts the most important concepts and propositions in a knowledge domain. Concept mapping helps students and faculty recognize the difference between meaningful and rote learni...
Book Chapter
Peer Instruction: Making Science Engaging
Peer Instruction (PI) is an interactive approach that was designed to improve the learning process. This approach provides students with greater opportunity for synthesizing the concepts while instructors get timely feedback that can help focus the i...
Book Chapter
Open Laboratories in College Science
One viable alternative to the conventional, regularly scheduled laboratory session is the open laboratory concept. In this chapter, the authors use the open laboratory system developed at Eastern Kentucky University as a case study to provide insight...
Book Chapter
Setting the Scene: Safer Science in a Drive-Through Learning Community
Developing a responsible and safe introductory community college laboratory science program is a challenge. The subject matter is complex, requiring cerebral, technical, and mechanical skills. The prior knowledge and experiences of students are diver...
Book Chapter
The Kitchen Sink: A Potpourri of Teaching Tips
The 21st century has brought new technology as well as new concerns. After covering traditional safety categories in previous chapters, this chapter discusses items that fit nowhere else, such as internet use, allergies, and Standard (Universal) Prec...
Book Chapter
Live Long and Prosper: And Remember You Are Responsible
Today's society is quite litigious, and many people place blame on instructors for factors well beyond the instructors' control. This chapter shares tips on how professionals can "Live Long and Prosper" by protecting themselves as well as their stude...
Book Chapter
Communities of Learners: Promoting Science for Every Citizen
This chapter looks at ways to accommodate diverse needs and goals—not only to make a program safer but also to help everyone involved achieve the goals that brought them to the community college campus. A number of resources are listed at the end o...
Book Chapter
Where Science Happens: Equip Your Lab for Safety
Many college buildings are aging and with increases in enrollment, some administrators are forced to use stopgap scheduling or emergency housing. This chapter discusses space and equipment, while highlighting the importance of facilities and how they...
Book Chapter
Finders Keepers: Essentials of Safer Storage
More than any other community college instructional disciplines, laboratory sciences require safe and secure storage facilities. This includes storage within the classroom/lab, as well as dedicated storage areas adjacent to but separate from the clas...
Book Chapter
Lively Science: Living Organisms and More
Most life science laboratories are filled with chemicals and electronics. Observing and studying living organisms is critical to a strong program, but living organisms need to be maintained in a safe and educationally sound manner. This chapter summa...
Book Chapter
Modern Alchemy: Safer Teaching With Chemistry
Today more students take chemistry at the secondary level than a decade ago, but community college instructors must not assume that these students come with the same knowledge and laboratory skills as students arriving even five years ago. Instructor...
Book Chapter
Falling for Science: Physics Phenoms
The knowledge and experience of students in "typical" introductory college physics is far more diverse than it once was. Instructors have to adjust teaching methods and safety instruction to ensure full and safe participation by all. This chapter sum...
Book Chapter
The Great Outdoors: Field Studies Near and Far
With any outing—entire class or a few students—the difference between success and failure and between a safe, memorable learning experience and disaster is careful planning and preparation. This chapter includes tips for field studies and explori...
eBook
Adventures in Paleontology: 36 Classroom Fossil Activities (e-book)
Millions of years after vanishing from the Earth, dinosaurs still have the power to stir students’ curiosity. Deepen that interest with Adventures in Paleontology, a series of lively hands-on activities especially for middle schoolers. This beautif...
eBook
Assessment in Science: Practical Experiences and Education Research (e-Book)
If you want the latest research about assessment techniques that really work, you want Assessment in Science. This collection of informative, up-to-date reports is by authors who are practicing K-12 classroom teachers and university-based educators a...
eBook
Linking Science and Literacy in the K-8 Classroom (e-Book)
If you’ve ever believed you don’t have time to teach much science—or feared you don’t know how to integrate it with all-important language arts lessons—this is the book that will change your thinking. The message: It isn’t just possible t...
eBook
Math: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It (e-Book)
Flummoxed by formulas? Queasy about equations? Perturbed by π? Now you can stop cursing over calculus and start cackling over Math, the newest volume in Bill Robertson’s accurate but amusing Stop Faking It! best sellers. As Robertson sees i...
eBook
Do you crave both physics problems and captivating illustrations? If your answer is "yes", look no further! Quantoons combines challenging problems and provocative quotes with intricate drawings that mix Isaac Newton and Marie Antoinette with Romeo, ...
eBook
Teaching Science in the 21st Century (e-Book)
This powerful new book is brain food for all those who care deeply about science and students—including teachers, science educators, curriculum specialists, and policy makers. The collection of 21 provocative essays gives you a fresh look at today�...
Journal Article
Using Comics in the Science Classroom: A Pedagogical Tool
Comic strips found in newspapers and magazines can be used to assess both student and teacher understanding of science concepts. They can also be used to get students’ attention, introduce a new topic, and stimulate critical thinking and ethical di...
NSTA Press Book
Assessment in Science: Practical Experiences and Education Research
If you want the latest research about assessment techniques that really work, you want Assessment in Science. This collection of informative, up-to-date reports is by authors who are practicing K-12 classroom teachers and university-based educators a...
NSTA Press Book
Science Safety in the Community College
Science Safety in the Community College is specifically designed to help two-year college faculty—including adjunct faculty—lay a good safety foundation for students in introductory science courses—even when they have widely differing science ...
By Juliana Texley, Terry Kwan, John Summers
NSTA Press Book
Exemplary Science in Grades PreK-4: Standards-Based Success Stories
Since their release in 1996, the National Science Education Standards have provided the vision for science education reform. But has that reform actually taken hold in elementary school? “Yes!,” reports Robert Yager, editor of Exemplary Science i...
NSTA Press Book
Exemplary Science in Grades 5-8: Standards-Based Success Stories
Do the Standards really matter in middle school? Nine years after the National Science Education Standards’ release, just how well do science teachers in grades 5 to 8 actually use them to plan content, define improved teaching, and assess real lea...
NSTA Press Book
Handbook of College Science Teaching
Are you still using 20th century techniques to teach science to 21st century students? Update your practices as you learn about current theory and research with the authoritative Handbook of College Science Teaching. The Handbook offers models of tea...
NSTA Press Book
Virus and the Whale: Exploring Evolution in Creatures Small and Large
With this lively book of activities as their guide, students can follow seven scientists into their labs and out to the field to discover how evolution works. Meanwhile, you’ll benefit from the practical help the book provides with the twin challen...