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Research and Teaching: An Integrated Model for Teaching Writing in the Introductory Laboratory

The authors describe a comprehensive model for writing instruction in the introductory laboratory....

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Research and Teaching: Student-Perceived Gains in Collaborative, Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences in the Geosciences

This study examined student-perceived gains in course-based undergraduate research experiences....

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Offshore Oil Drilling

Students thoughtfully engage in problem-based learning and civically engage in a timely issue....

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Demolishing Traditional Approaches to Science Instruction

Use problem-based enhanced language learning to teach students how to engage in scientific discourse....

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Research and Teaching: To Go Virtual or Not to Go Virtual, That is the Question: A Comparative Study of Face-To-Face Versus Virtual Laboratories in a Physical Science Course

This article outlines a study that compared an online virtual laboratory with a face-to-face laboratory....

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People as Particles

Modeling structure and properties of matter with fifth graders...

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Research and Teaching: Critical Thinking Assessment of Students in Nonmajors Biology Classes with Corn or Fly Genetics Laboratory Studies

A critical thinking assessment was used to compare biology students in a nonmajors course who participated in either a multisemester research program or in a one-semester lab study....

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Bottle Flipping

Explore the science behind this popular student pastime....

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The Teal Spruce

A game about the importance of study design and communication...

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Using a Systems Thinking Approach to Figure Out Why a Ball Drops, Bounces, and Stops

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. In this issue, learn how to develop students’ systems thinking skills and have them apply these skills to discover and explain the energy conversions and transfers...

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Editorial: Coming on Board

The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Point of View: Writing as a Science Educator

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This issue focuses on writing as a science educator....

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What's Hidden Beneath?

Using spatial sketching to deepen understanding of Earth’s subsurface...

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Classic Lessons 2.0: Project- and problem-based learning and assessment

This article describes an activity that primarily focuses on project-based learning where students are actively engaged to solve the challenge of building a paper roller coaster that meets specific criteria (e.g., a hill and a loop is required)....

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Case Study: Exercises in Style: Is There a Best Way to Write a Case Study?

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This issue offers tips on writing an effective case study....

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Editor's Corner: Fire and Rain

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

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From the Editor's Desk: Playing With Forces and Motion

Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Idea Bank: Evolutionary Medicine in the Classroom

Using health to teach evolution...

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Disequilibrium: Newton's Bottle

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. Explore the table cloth trick in this issue....

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Career of the Month: Mechanical Engineer

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This issue describes Ilona Johnson's career path to becoming a mechanical engineer....

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Editor's Note: Learning Through Learning

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

Elementary Lesson Plans Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

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Science for All: Using the Textbook Effectively to Encourage Student Growth

This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement....

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Right to the Source: Using 5E to Explore an Epitome of the Universe

Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This issue discusses Thomas Wright's three-page "synopsis of the universe, or, the visible world, epitomiz'd" from 1742....

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The Early Years: Analyzing Media Representations of Animals

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue aims to engage children in analyzing and interpreting illustrations to determine sizes of pictured animals and give evidence for how they know. To ...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Life Science Mathematics STEM Crosscutting Concepts Inquiry NGSS Pedagogy Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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Citizen Science: Raspberry Shake

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data.This issue, learn how to join in a study of plate tectonics....

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Visual Poetry

By Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

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Interdisciplinary Ideas: Strengthening Your Word Wall

This column shares ways to bring other subjects into the science classroom. In this issue, learn how to show a relationship between concepts by placing vocabulary in a chart, cycle, continuum, logical sequence, or compare and contrast in an area of ...

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Teacher to Teacher: Classroom Strategies for Analyzing and Interpreting Graph Data

This column provides practical advice from your peers....

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Focus on Physics: The Color Black

Is the color black simply the absence of light or something more?...

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Scope on the Skies: Virtual Space Exploration

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This issue looks at how virtual reality and augmented reality are aiding space exploration....

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Magnets in Water

By Page Keeley

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Deriving Ohm's Law Using a Guided-Inquiry Investigation

Derive the mathematical relationship between voltage and a current flowing through a resistor....

Book Chapter

Exemplary Evidence: Scientists and Their Data (Book Sample)

If you think of science as a puzzle, you’ll see that data is a key to unlocking it. Exemplary Evidence: Scientists and Their Data touches on the world’s many riddles—from how we see to what’s at the bottom of the ocean. It shares how scientis...

Book Chapter

The Beaks of Birds (Book sample)

Come along on a tour of the wonderful world of birds and their beaks. This book is the story of a child and two grown-up friends on a jaunt across their yard, in a park, past a pond, and through the pages of a photo album. Like them, you’ll find yo...

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Take a Fresh Look at Connected Science Learning

Editor Dennis Schatz welcomes you to the latest issue of Connected Science Learning, focused on STEM Learning Through Afterschool Experiences, and introduces the journal’s incoming Field Editor, Beth Murphy.    ...

By Dennis Schatz

Informal Education

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Connected Science Learning October-December 2018

Volume 1, Issue 8 STEM Learning Connected to Afterschool Settings ...

Informal Education