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A Community Controls Loosestrife: It takes a village to keep nonnative plant populatins in check

Purple loosestrife is a gorgeous, flowering, invasive, European plant. Environmental science students from Walled Lake Central High School in Michigan entered into an exciting partnership with the citizens of the village of Wolverine Lake, Michigan, ...

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Scientists: Geeks and Nerds?

Teacher’s impressions flavor the classroom and affect students in profound though subtle ways. This article attempts to explore teachers’ impressions or attitudes and reflect on their impact by examining two related questions: How do teachers per...

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Service Learning in Geography

Senior geography students in Field Methods in Geography apply their classroom knowledge to address an aspect of water quality degradation in a nearby river. Students submit proposals, carry out fieldwork, and write final project reports, learning fir...

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Editor's Corner: What Do Your Students Know?

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....

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Conservation Presentation: Students teach the value of recycling through a series of demonstrations

In this article, Science Club students at Marquette High School in Milwaukee spread the message of the importance of conservative living and recycling through an inspiring, live show, "The Journey of Garbage." The students feel that their performance...

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Studying Sensory Perception: Demonstrating the sensory-perceptual basis for learning

In this activity, the story of stone throwing by a hunter provides the basis for a series of powerful, experiential exercises that introduce students to the sensory and perceptual basis of learning. This learning integrates a variety of modalities an...

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Successful Mentoring of Undergraduate Researchers

Prompted by the growing presence of undergraduates in research laboratories and the increased number of programs that encourage undergraduates to pursue research, the authors conducted a survey of undergraduate researchers at the University of Califo...

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After the Bell: On the road science

Ask students about summer travel plans, then bring out the classroom globe or world map to find the places they name. You can deepen the texture of students' vacations by exploring the science contexts of their travels. ...

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Research and Teaching: Student Attitudes and Recommendations on Active Learning

A freshman student surveyed her peers seeking their opinions, attitudes, and recommendations regarding their experiences in a large, active-learning biology course. The results were mixed—disappointing in some respects but encouraging in others. Se...

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Inquiry Made Easy

While working with classroom teachers, the author developed a “doable” format for inquiry. This format emphasizes using a question wheel as a tool to help students identify independent and dependent variables that drive the underlying structure i...

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An In-Depth Exploration of Karst

Exploring the fragile environment of Karst enables students to examine how Earth systems interact over time to create the spectacular landscape features and unique watersheds of Karst regions. It also will help students appreciate how knowledge of Ea...

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Commentary: Go for the grants

An opinion piece about grant seeking and the success achieved with projects relying on collaboration and funds from outside the normal school parameters....