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Projects based in the community give students the opportunity to engage in investigation as scientists and apply their work to make a difference at home. In the community project described in this article, students practice scientific inquiry by inve...
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A Model of the INEEL Science and Engineering Expo for Middle Schools
The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) created a high-impact, inquiry-based science and engineering expo that engages students in learning and exploring science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. The expo is aimed...
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Integrating Instuction Through Inquiry... The I-3 Project
To prepare teachers for implementing an integrated curriculum, the University of Louisiana at Monroe conducted a program of professional development for teachers called Integrating Instruction through Inquiry, or I-3 for short. The program provided t...
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Modeling Geyser Eruptions in the Classroom
Watching Old Faithful transform from a smoldering mound to an explosive 50-meter high geyser is enough to generate awe in any observer. Geysers provide an excellent opportunity to explore th Earth system as described by the National Science Education...
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Science Shorts: Plants on the Move
A person gets goose bumps or shivers when they are cold. A rabbit darts down a hole at a loud noise. These two actions are examples of a living things responding to its environment. All living things respond to their environment. Although you mig...
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Washington State now allows students to obtain a high school varsity letter in community service if they complete over 150 community service hours in a calendar year. With this in mind, the author has integrated community service into the biology cur...
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These exciting activities will capture your student's attention as they embark on a virtual field trip to Yellow Stone National Park via websites designed for especially for middle school students (see Resources). They learn about the park's unique p...
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Scope on Safety: Chemicals from cradle to grave
School districts are not immuned to fines assessed by the Environmental Protection Agency or of becoming vicitims of unscrupulous business practices. With this in mind, schools need to consider adopting a protocol for the purchase, storage, use, and ...
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Planting the Spirit of Inquiry
After a three-week unit on living things, second-grade students were asked what else they wanted to learn about plants. Their questions were a prelude to a three-week inquiry on plant growth. From question formulation to presentation of results, th...
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The San Diego Zoo partnered with a middle school in order to provide local inner-city, low-income girls the opportunity to perform active science and to meet current female scientists in an after-school program. Students gained meaningful and eyeopen...
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Scope on the skies: You're blocking my view
Don't try to catch your shadow during April! The arrangement of the Earth, Moon, and Sun will be such that there will be an eclipse of the Sun at new moon, and an eclipse of the Moon at full Moon. While viewing both eclipses will be limited geographi...
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Teach your students the dangers of unsafe lab behavior without scaring them or boring them through this lab safety module.This investigative case is part of a larger program through Emory University and metro Atlanta public schools where graduate stu...
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Methods and Strategies: Using Models Effectively
Models are crucial to science teaching and learning, yet they can create unforeseen and overlooked challenges for students and teachers. This article guides students through age-appropriate, critical analyses of instructional models....
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"Tiptoe Through the Tulips" was the theme song for kindergarten through second-grade students at Ashland City Primary in Ashland, Tennessee who participated in Journey North, a free, online educational program that enables sudents to track the bloomi...
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Guest Editorial: You may be the only scientist your students will ever know
All teachers know that young students have a remarkable ability to ponder questons and put them in a context that is understandable to them. Unfortunately, in too many classrooms, students don't get the opportunity to watch, wonder, or ask questions...
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Guest Editorial: You may be the only scientist your students will ever know
Unfortunately, in too many classrooms nationwide, thousands of students don't get the opportunity to watch, wonder, or ask questions about the world around them. This month's Guest Editorial discusses the struggle to teach science in K-12 classrooms....
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RAISE: Using Geospatial Technology in the Public School
The Rural Alliance for Improving Science Education (RAISE) partners Oklahoma State University with three public school districts in Oklahoma, enabling Oklahoma State University science graduate students to serve as resources in developing and teachin...
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 (Books Published in 2004)
The annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 is selected by a committee of NSTA members. The selected titles on this list were all published in 2004....
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Curriculum Integration: Preparing Prospective Teachers
This article describes a science methods course that prepares preservice teachers to integrate a curriculum around thematic units. The project enables students to pull together standards, specific content, teaching strategies, learning activities, a...
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The Golden Age of Islam and Science Teaching
The National Science Education Standards recognize that students could greatly benefit from learning the relationship of science to mathematics and to technology. Helping teachers, preservice teachers, and students develop a sense of the nature of sc...