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Teaching through Trade Books: It's Pumpkin Time!
When one thinks of October, many possible ideas to explore through science and reading come to mind—fall weather, changing leaves, and perhaps that annual trip to the pumpkin patch to select the perfect pumpkin. This month’s column highlights two...
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Teachers have to be creative with limited funds to generate the materials needed to support programs. This author identifies an enjoyable way to enlist the help and support of students and parents for a scavenger hunt....
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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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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....