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Teaching through Trade Books: Weather Watchers

In the past two months, students probably have heard weather-based sayings, such as “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” or “April showers bring May flowers.” Throughout the ages, people have developed these and other sayings...

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Designing Assessments

The authors share their experiences with free test items from National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests. These questions provide an excellent format for teachers to create new questions or modify existing questions to meet specific cla...

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Teaching Statistical Thinking

Providing a fundamental way of understanding the world....

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Informal Life Science

Incorporating service learning components into biology education....

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Online Peer Review

Learning science as it's practiced....

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Evaluating Active Learning

A new initiative for a general chemistry curriculum....

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Are Lectures a Thing of the Past?

Tips and techniques for success....

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Environmental Literacy for All Students

Evaluation of environmental science courses developed for a new core curriculum....

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Editorial: Forgotten History, Ignored Research, Little Progress

The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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The Case Study: A Letter to Garcia

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s issue provides a letter from Elbert Hubbard to Garcia Y'iniguez Calixto, a lawyer and ...

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Research and Teaching: Why Models Sometimes Fail

Eight suggestions to improve science instruction....

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Finding Science Past and Present: The Forges of Saint-Maurice National Historic Site, Trois Rivieres, Canada

The cradle of the Canadian iron and steel industry....

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Idea Bank: MultiSensory Science

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s issue features a unique approach of teaching science—the multisensory approach—combining music, pictures, and laboratory activities. This appro...

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Tech Trek: Projecting your PDA

One of the perceived limitations of PDAs by teachers is its small screen. However, some recent innovations have opened a variety of new opportunities for middle school science instruction. Now, with some relatively inexpensive equipment and software,...