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Editor's Corner: Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation

In an age where facts must compete with “alternative facts,” it is more important than ever for our students to learn and practice the skills of scientific argumentation. Taken from the Latin arguer—to make bright or enlighten—argument is cen...

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A New Twist on DNA Extraction

Argumentation is a key scientific practice and a central social and cultural process contributing to the generation, evaluation, and application of new scientific knowledge. As scientists develop arguments and construct knowledge claims, they clarify...

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Using Scientific Argumentation to Understand Human Impact on the Earth

Using High-Adventure Science to help students develop critical thinking and scientific argumentation skills...

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Let’s Invent!

Invention activities are creative, engaging, and relevant ways to integrate engineering design into science class. High school students are capable of creating working prototypes of real, patentable inventions when they are working on problems about ...

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Formatively Assessing NGSS

Three models of formative assessment for addressing NGSS domains ...

High School Assessment NGSS

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Proxy Climatology

Using proxy data to make claims about climate change...

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Focus on Physics: Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 1

Motion is best learned by keeping it simple—by neglecting the effects of air resistance, as well as the effects of buoyancy, spin, and the shape of moving objects....