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Science Sampler: The Iron (Fe) Scientist
Can pennies be used to teach science? Learn how in this article using the science lesson, or Iron (Fe) scientist competition. as the author called it, The lesson was created for pre-service teachers but can be easily adapted to students....
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As science educators we are faced with some issues associated with our choice of words and their implications for learning outcomes. Because the “hidden” curriculum influences student learning, it is important that terms such as theory and conce...
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Hands on the Land, a new initiative to promote the use of public lands for environment-based education, consists of a national network of field classrooms designed to link students, teachers, and parents to national public lands. Each education site ...
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Help slow the growth of landfills with strategies found in this month's insert provided by Keep America Beautiful, Inc. ...
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While most schools offer different types of camps, a growing number are offering summer science camps. This provides a way for children to enjoy the summer while learning science at the same time. One school looked to Camp Invention® for its summer ...
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Summing It Up: Teaching summary writing to enhance science learning
Students can learn to recognize information that is most important to the author of a science article or book by using repeated references and generalization. This strategy—designed for college reading classes but adapted for secondary school scien...
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Science Sampler: Exploring Floating Concrete and Beam Design
These construction activities increase students' awareness of math and science careers, especially in the area of engineering....
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Reconstructing the Geologic Timeline: Adding a constructivist slant to a classic activity
The geologic timeline activity is revisited, adding a constructivist slant. This project provides evidence that time-honored activities still have a place in today's science classes. ...
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Science Adventures at the Local Museum
To promote science learning outside the traditional classroom and encourage preservice teachers to use hands-on science, a local university and museum partner to promote informal science education....
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Tech Trek: Personal digital assistants
The personal digital assistant (PDA) is rapidly becoming an essential classroom tool. This article provides an overview of some of the science related programs available to classroom teachers....
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What Does It Mean To Be Standards-Based? Examining Standards and initiatives in the classroom
The standards-based teacher is patient, working to create a classroom climate that supports a need to know and explain on the part of the students. This article features a brief history of the benchmarks and Standards and provides a checklist of crit...
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Project FLORA: Flora Love Our Revegetation Areas
A small school district in southwestern Texas comes together to protect its own backyard. In this project students collected native seed, built a greenhouse to propagate native plants from this seed, learned to identify disturbed areas within the par...
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Toying with Motion: Exploring Newton's laws of motion with student activities
Students are motivated to understand and apply Newton’s laws of motion by playing with toys. This activity allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the laws of motion and requires far more than just memorization. ...
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The Coast Guard Comes to Class
The United States Coast Guard offers many programs and resources without cost to teachers and their students. The author describes his visit to a sixth-grade classroom, where he demonstrates an oil spill and explains how pollution affects the marine ...
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Scope on the Skies: April's planetary line up
This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. Sit back and enjoy the month of April as the five brightest planets are arranged over the western horizon at sunset....