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Slip, Sledding Away

This sledding activity is used to wrap up a unit on motion after students have been introduced to the concepts of speed, velocity, acceleration, and momentum....

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A Growth Opportunity

This 7th grade life science class is about to embark on the Plant Project as they collect leaves and flowers as a homework assignment and learn that the class will be held outside. The project can serve as a foundation for many other class topics—c...

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Student, Graduate, and Faculty Perspectives on Fledgling Content-Based Doctoral Programs in Science and Mathematics Education: Producing a Professoriate as Well Trained to Teach as to Research

For the Ph.D. degrees in biology, mathematics, and chemical education to be appropriate, there needs to be more emphasis on research related to teaching/learning in the content areas—not just an emphasis on teaching in the content areas. The progra...

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The Gigantic Titanic Egg Disaster

This activity features an iceberg-disaster simulation called the "Gigantic Titanic Egg Disaster." Students enjoy using their own problem-solving skills and creativity to prevent a Titanic disaster....

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Fearless Fliers

Under most circumstances, flying paper airplanes during class would not be allowed, but at the close of this 6th grade class students are encouraged to fly all sorts of paper airplanes. This mini-unit makes the last few days of school exciting and in...

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Scooter Science

This interdisciplinary approach to studying the concept of acceleration uses scooters to visually demonstrate the change of velocity over time and distance....

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Haiku and Science—Observing, Reflecting, and Writing about Nature: Using an Art Form that Demands Careful Observation of the Natural World

Haiku and science both focus on nature and require excellent observational abilities. This article describes the characteristics of haiku and a haiku assignment used in college biology courses. Students carefully observed the natural world, wrote hai...

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Solar-Powered Racers

The science concepts introduced in this activity, such as the workings of simple machines, energy, work, friction, and air resistance provide a good segue to designing solar-powered cars. By building solar-powered cars, students get hands-on experien...

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Meeting State Standards Through Integration

This article focuses on teaching science standards through doing, constructing, and connecting processes. Students engage in the "doing" through inquiry and hands-on activities. They ask questions, acquire knowledge, and "construct" explanations of n...

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Global Warming: It's Not Cool! A model for creating Multisensory Instructional Packages

The author designed this Multisensory Instructional Package (MIP) to develop environmental awareness in a variety of interesting ways. All the resources in the MIP focus on the same objectives, but each resource allows students to work with the mater...

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Editor's Note: The Bottom Line

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....