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Idea Bank: Creating "Animers" and Genetics Game

These activities allow first-year chemistry students to learn about structural isomers while studying organic chemistry and biology students to adapt a game while studying genetics and genetic disorders....

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Science Sampler: Scruples and hogsheads

Accurate measuring is an integral component of learning and doing science. This article features some simple memory techniques that make learning the metric prefixes as easy as reciting the alphabet....

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Digital Imaging Investigations

Activities that involve capturing, modifying, and analyzing digital images enhance classroom science instruction using digital imaging technology....

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Inquiring Minds!

An inquiry-based research model provides students and teachers with a better understanding of inquiry and greater confidence in their critical thinking skills. This classroom experience is valued because the teacher guides students through the entire...

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Learning in Virtual Environments

A charter school for homeschooled students tries its hand at distance education. The activities in this article demonstrate how learning takes place in the virtual environment....

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Commentary: Positive Parent-Teacher Conferences

An opinion piece about being positive with students, as well as with parents, and suggestions for how to handle parent-teacher conferences....

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After the bell: Food for thought (part I)— Science of food safety

Consumers generally take for granted that the food they buy and eat is clean and free of pathogenic microorganisms. This overview of food safety will help ensure that the food purchased or consumed is wholesome and safe....

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Better Books, Better Science Teaching

In aiming to create a scientifically literate society, teachers are being asked to present science in a variety of new ways. Science is no longer to be seen primarily as a collection of facts and concepts, but rather, as a process of inquiry and disc...

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Comparing Crystals

This standard lesson on identifying salt and sugar crystals expands into an opportunity for students to develop their observation, questioning, and modeling skills. Although sugar and salt may look similar, students discovered that they looked very d...

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The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Student activities illustrate the importance of light and color in space exploration. By exploring the electromagnetic spectrum with powerful and specialized telescopes, scientists can tackle some of the most fundamental human questions: “Where did...

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Ask the Experts

Astronomers can use light from stars to determine the elements in a star, but how do they determine the quantity/amount of these elements within a specific star?Why do we always see the same side of the Moon from Earth? Find the answers in this artic...

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Eyes on Planet Earth! Exploring Your Local Watershed

Encourage students to investigate their local watershed and become involved in assessing and monitoring the quality of water with the help of this month's poster from the American Geological Institute. ...

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Home Connections: Demystifying Mixtures

The subject of chemistry makes most people think of an elaborate laboratory, but investigating chemistry concepts does not require expensive equipment or chemicals. You can perform some of the same tests scientists do using materials in your home. On...