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Idea Bank - Education and Research: Testing Hypotheses (EARTH)
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA) have created an educational outreach program titled "Education and Research: Testing Hypotheses (EARTH)," which will serve as a portal to a wealth of ocean obser...
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Society for College Science Teachers: Was "Inquiry" a Mistake? It's all in the Name
If teaching by inquiry is recommended as a practice for science teachers because it models the practice of scientific researchers and research supports it, why do scientific researchers resist it? The arguments vary--we teach the way we were taught,...
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Student Geoscientists Explore the Earth: During Earth Science Week 2005
Visit the American Geological Institute (AGI) Earth Science Week website to learn about how you can provide your students with inquiry-based learning experiences that celebrates the theme, "Geoscientists Explore the Earth." On the website you will fi...
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This article describes the curriculum for a highly student-centered human biology course constructed around a series of themes that enables the integration of the same basic paradigms found in a traditional survey lecture course without sacrificing e...
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Science Sampler - Project weigh-in: Learning about mass and weight
Using the triple beam balance to measure mass in metrics is just one of the many skills we want our students to master. This article highlights a few effective and fun approaches to develop this skill over a couple of interesting days. With each acti...
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Science Sampler: Mastering metrics
By the time students reach a middle school science course, they are expected to make measurements using the metric system. However, most students, and most U.S. residents for that matter, are not proficient with it. To determine your students levels ...
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A Message from the NSTA President: Developing a World View for Science Education
In this section, NSTA President Michael Padilla shares a story reflecting the affect that immigration has had on almost all school systems across the country. He shares his motivation for choosing Developing a World View for Science Education as the...
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Editor's Corner: Science Safety
With increasing emphasis on hands-on inquiry activities, teachers need to be as knowledgeable as possible about safety. Unfortunately, accidents in science classrooms are no exception! As a result, the theme of this issue of The Science Teacher (TST)...
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The interdisciplinary connection between science and art is easily accomplished in the elementary classroom using plants as focus organisms. Observing, dissecting, growing, drawing, and painting plants can also be used at multiple grade levels to tea...
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Most middle-level students are very appearance-conscious, and an accidental spill in the cafeteria can result in a daylong struggle to cover an embarrassing stain. Thanks to the science of nanotechnology, now students can enjoy a slice of pizza witho...
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A Message from the NSTA President: Developing a World View for Science Education
In this section, NSTA President Michael Padilla shares a story reflecting the affect that immigration has had on almost all school systems across the country. He shares his motivation for choosing Developing a World View for Science Education as the...
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Editorial: Moving On but Staying Around
One of the many benefits of college and university teaching is that it is often possible to remain active in school affairs after retirement. Some elder faculty continue to teach while others participate in research and take part in seminars and col...
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Easy Ways to Promote Inquiry in a Laboratory Course: The Power of Student Questions
To teach students to think like scientists, we modified our laboratory course to include regular opportunities for student practice of inquiry and the scientific process. Our techniques are simple; they can be implemented without rewriting lab manual...
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Mathematics is said to be the language of science. If this is true, then measurement is certainly the popular language. Since mathematics and science both claim measurement to be integral aspects of their curricula, measurement is a natural beginning...
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National School Science Safety Indexing Project: A Beginning
There is extensive agreement within the science profession that the "hands-on, minds-on" approach to teaching and learning described within the National Science Education Standards creates a more effective learning environment. However, inquiry poses...
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The trend toward inquiry-based learning is providing today's students with a more enriching education. When implementing inquiry it is important to recognize the great number of safety concerns that accompany this paradigm shift. Fortunately, with so...
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Celestial navigation is the process of finding your position on Earth based on astronomical guideposts. In this lesson, explore the principles of navigation; build tools to observe celestial bodies, and learn how science, mathematics, technology, and...
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Using the Science Writing Heuristic: Training Chemistry Teaching Assistants
Promoting the use of the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) among novice teaching assistants at a large university is facilitated by a program of instructional training and mentoring. Sessions include hands-on activities with guided inquiry in tandem wi...
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Career of the Month: Foodborne Disease Epidemiologist
Did you know that Salmonella and E. coli are just two of more than 250 different identified foodborne diseases? To Jack Guzewich, a Foodborne Disease Epidemiologist with the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nu...