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Tech Trek: Technologies for special needs students

You might wonder why today’s science teachers need to keep current with the latest technologies available for special education students. When you consider that more than 50 million Americans are identified as having a disability, classroom technol...

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Design-Based Science: A problem-solving experiment compares different brands of batteries

Developing useful skills for a wide range of actual problem-solving situations involving science is one goal of design-based science. This article features a problem-solving experiment where students compare different brands of batteries to determine...

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A Leg (or Three) to Stand On

The three “legs” on which science instruction rests are the content of science, process of science, and the nature of science. Each leg performs its own function and need not be competitive with the others. This article uses the metaphor of a thr...

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Tried and True: Whatever floats your boat

Ever since Archimedes ran down the streets of ancient Greece shouting, “Eureka!,” scientists have understood that a submerged body displaces a volume of water equal to its own volume. Scientists also came to realize that if a body weighed less t...

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Research and Teaching: Attendance and Performance

Class attendance by most students in nonmajors science classes is influenced by whether they receive points for attending class. If students do not get points for attending class, there is a strong positive correlation of high class attendance with h...

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: Books Published in 2002

These books were selected by members of a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children’s Book Council (CBC). NSTA and CBC have cooperated on this bibliographic projec...