The Science Teacher—January 2020

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Volume 87, Number 5

Fake news. Pseudoscience. Bad Science. Never before has so much information, both good and bad, been available to us. If our students graduate knowing the steps of the Krebs cycle but cannot read and interpret scientific reports and social media posts, then we have failed.

Journal Article

Scientific Media Literacy

By Ann Haley MacKenzie

High School Literacy

Journal Article

Emphasizing Physics Concepts With Cartoons, Part II

By PAUL G. HEWITT

High School Physics

Journal Article

Best Science Books of 2019

By Chris Anderson

High School General Science Literacy

Journal Article

A Coat of Many Colors

By Jill Nugent

High School Biology Citizen Science Evolution

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Teacher Spotlight: Wendy Frazier

High School Careers New Science Teachers

Journal Article

By Carrie Weber

High School Literacy Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

By Andrew Zucker, Pendred Noyce, and Andrew McCullough

High School Literacy News Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Getting Messy with Data

By Joshua Rosenberg, Alex Edwards, and Bodong Chen

High School Literacy

Journal Article

Investigating Land Ethics

By Jaron Boerner-Mercier and Ron Gray

Middle School Earth & Space Science Literacy

Journal Article

How Does Climate Change Affect Oyster Populations?

By Jane Wolfson, Mary Stapleton, and Asli Sezen-Barrie

Journal Article

Technology Executive Annie Chang

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers

Journal Article

Evaluating Advertising Claims Past and Present

By Michael Apfeldorf

High School Literacy

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