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Archive: Science Update: Underwater Sound in our National Marine Sanctuaries, June 2, 2022

SanctSound is a three-year project, managed by NOAA and the U.S. Navy, to better understand underwater sound within our national marine sanctuaries. The goal of the SanctSound project is to understand how sound varies in the ocean by collecting the s...

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Why Do Some Cities Currently Have Dust Storms and Others Do Not?

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Should Our City's Wastewater Treatment System Produce Ammonia?

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Archive: Book Beat Live! Social Justice in the Science Classroom, March 16, 2022

Science classes are diverse places where students bring many identities to the learning experiences being shared by their science teachers. All students bring different lived experiences to our classrooms. It is imperative we honor their identities a...

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How Can Wildfires Lead to Mudslides?

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Archive: Science Update: Exploring Seamounts of the Atlantic and Pacific, June 23, 2022

Our ocean is filled with numerous seamounts, guyots, and other volcanic features that profoundly influence tectonics, ecosystems, and ocean currents. NOAA Ocean Exploration seeks to characterize these features and their influences on our planet’s o...

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How Can Computational Modeling Help Explain and Design Solutions to the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups?

By Scott E. Grapin, Daniel Wendel, Alison Haas, and Okhee Lee

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How Can Computational Modeling Help Explain How Different Groups of People Are Affected When COVID-19 Spreads Through a Community?

By Scott E. Grapin, Daniel Wendel, Alison Haas, and Okhee Lee

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How Can Computational Modeling Help Explain the Spread of COVID-19?

By Scott E. Grapin, Daniel Wendel, Alison Haas, and Okhee Lee

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Science Notebooks in Student-Centered Classrooms

Thinking made visible: That’s what happens when elementary students record their thoughts in science notebooks. This practical guide shows how notebooks can become a tangible record of their emerging understanding of and proficiency in science. Stu...

By Jessica Fries-Gaither

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Is a Framework of Support Enough?

While undergraduate research is known as a high-impact practice, little research has been conducted for the online educational setting. Early research suggests that online students and faculty have similar interest in undergraduate research as their ...

By Emily Faulconer, Brent Terwilliger, Robert Deters, and Kelly George

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An Examination of Constructivism, Active Learning, and Reflexive Journaling and Their Independent and Combined Effects on Student Acceptance of Biological Evolution

Instruction that increases acceptance of evolution is essential to effective biology instruction, but instruction about evolution is not consistently correlated with increased levels of acceptance. Does the pedagogical approach utilized make the diff...

By Clinton Thomas Laidlaw, Seth M. Bybee, Steven Shumway, Thomas Heath Ogden, Steven Peck, and Jamie L. Jensen

Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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STEM Faculty Institute

As change agents at our university, we sought to facilitate a transition within our STEM college toward more extensive use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs) that promote student-centered learning. We sought a multifaceted approach for...

By Richard E. West, Jamie L. Jensen, Michael Johnson, Jennifer Nielson, Rebecca Sansom, and Geoffrey Wright

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Examining Perspectives of Teaching Among Biology Teaching Assistants

Recent reform efforts in postsecondary science teaching have called for shifts in instructional methods to include more evidence-based instructional practices. However, a myriad of factors play a role in whether an instructor adopts these more studen...

By Joshua W. Reid and Emily G. Weigel

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