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Point of View: Scientific Research on Undergraduate Teaching Campuses—Finding a Niche for Research at the Teaching College

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue examines the place of faculty research on undergraduate teaching campuses....

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Launching a Campus-Based Electronic Periodical—<i>Scientia: The Journal of Student Research:</i> Showcasing Student Research Within Full View of the Electronic World

In an effort to involve students in research, writing, and the use of technology, faculty at Middle Tennessee State University developed Scientia, an electronic journal devoted to publishing student research. This article describes the purpose, organ...

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Planetary Paths

These activities allow you to construct your own path to teaching the solar system. The collection of ideas include connections to language arts, social studies, science, math, art, and music....

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A Splashing Success

This article covers the "Wind, Water, and Waves," a four-week science program at Seattle University. It is meaningful to help students learn how math and science tie in to exciting careers, the benefits of teamwork, and by mixing fun with science, le...

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A Two-Sided Mirror of Science Education: Reflecting on the Distant World of Science to See Close Connections to Everyday Life

This paper describes students using critical reflection to assume the role of the director of the National Science Foundation. This exercise helps sharpen writing and persuasion skills and motivates students to think aout their role as citizens in a ...

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Guest Editorial: History of Science—A Modest Field Searching for Identity

An opinion piece about the history of science. This article appeared in an edition of the "Village Times" (Setauket, New York), reprinted here with permission....

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Tech Trek: Experimenting with technology—Advice to those who dare

This planned activity experiments with technology and is designed to explore one site on the World Wide Web....

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Scientific Literacy for Today's Students

This article identifies some of the obstacles of teaching science, technology, and society (STS) education issues in the classroom. Featured is an effective teaching tool—the three-level study guide—a tool for guiding students in their analysis ...

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The Case Study: What To Do About Mother—Investigating Fetal Tissue Research and the Effects of Parkinson's Disease

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 is a real case dealing with one of the medical prolems besetting the aging popul...

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Prints to Ponder

This is a valuable paper-and-pencil activity that can be used as an introductory Earth science lesson or part of a broader integrated lesson on science processes. Students develop higher-level thinking skills as they work together to synthesize infor...

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The Search for the Lost Wichita Expedition

This project began upon discovering that a fellow science teacher's farm was located in the general vicinity of where the Lost Wichita Expedition had patrolled in southern Oklahoma. Participating in an archaeological dig is a great interdisciplinary ...

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Elementary Science Study Groups

Initially, the main purpose of the science study group was to make science teaching and learning more exciting and available. This goal has been accomplished. The continuing goal is to maintain the excitement—members thinking and doing science, and...

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The Earth Day Groceries Project: Students decorate paper grocery bags with messages about the environment

This project is an Internet-based environmental project. Paper grocery bags are borrowed from local stores and students decorate the bags with environmental messages. The bags are then returned to the store and on Earth Day customers receive grocerie...

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Virtual Field Trip to Antarctica: An integrated unit of science, language arts, and technology

Using a private, interactive Internet site, students took a virtual field trip to Antarctica. This activity was a collaborative project between science and language arts teachers to help fifth-grade students learn how to use the Internet for educatio...

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How Big Is Big? How Small Is Small?

Using children's literature to enhance measurement sense is the focus of this article. Several science trade books used with children to build understandings of relative sizes and other measurement concepts are described. These understandings are the...