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Career of the Month: An Interview with Cryptographer Bruce Schneier
For the general public, the field of cryptography has recently become famous as the method used to uncover secrets in Dan Brown's, "The Da Vinci Code." But the science of cryptography has been popular for centuries--secret hieroglyphics discovered i...
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Editor's Corner: Building Together
As modern science becomes more interdisciplinary, teachers look for activities and ideas that require thinking across the disciplines and include material from outside a strictly focused, discipline-based curriculum. In this issue of The Science Teac...
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Piquing Student Interest with Pharmacology
Motivating high school students to learn basic biology and chemistry concepts is an ongoing challenge. To help students learn science concepts, the Pharmacology Education Partnership (PEP) was developed. This science education program incorporates re...
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Aspirin History and Applications
Of the thousands of drugs and medicines available for the prevention, treatment, and control of human disease and discomfort, the most widely used is aspirin. This article explores the historical development of aspirin and provides teachers with inst...
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Interactive Learning with Java Applets
Science teachers face challenges that affect the quality of instruction. Tight budgets, limited resources, school schedules, and other obstacles limit students' opportunities to experience science that is visual and interactive. Incorporating web-bas...
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A Message from the NSTA President
NSTA has unveiled a new name--and an enriched format--for its time-honored conventions. The NSTA national and area conventions will now be called NSTA Conferences on Science Education. Teachers will benefit from the wealth of information contained in...
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Connecting Earthquakes and Violins
Violins, earthquakes, and the "singing rod" demonstration all have something in common--stick-slip frictional motion. This article begins with a typical classroom experiment used to understand the transition between sticking and slipping, proceeds to...