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The experts address the following question in this month’s column: How do solutes reduce the vapor pressure of a solvent?
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Design Technology: Children’s Engineering (Dunn and Larson 1990), is a learning model that allows children to experience developmentally appropriate, hands-on instructional methods that enable them to draw, plan, design…
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A Rubric for Selecting Inquiry-Based Activities
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One of the biggest challenges to the more widespread use of inquiry is the difficulty teachers have in identifying appropriate activities. Teachers can structure the use of inquiry in the classroom with this rubric…
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Recognizing Excellence: Scientists on a Mission
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This column features profiles of award-winning science programs and teachers. In this month’s issue third- and fourth-grade students design and build isopod habitats.
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this month’s issue, the author, while approaching the problem of…
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Student attainment of all-important course goals is not easily measured by paper-and-pencil tests. Whereas portfolio assessment forces alternative ways of thinking by the teacher about what is done and what is measured…
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A collaborative of STEM and education faculty developed a STEM certificate aimed at elementary education majors. Initial assessment results showed significant gains in confidence and competence on the basis of knowledge…
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The 1988 fires at Yellowstone National Park burned 1.4 million acres in the tri-state areas of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho—encompassing the greater Yellowstone area—and burned some 800,000 acres within the park itself (…
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Professional Development for You
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No Child Left Behind’s emphasis on accountability and demands for a quality teacher in every classroom has spawned a cottage industry of providers of professional development. How can educators begin to sort through…
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Even though chemistry is a cornerstone of scientific literacy--standng smack in the intersection of physics and biology--we haven't done a good job communicating either its importance or how interesting it is. This…
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Science Sampler: Birds make learning easy
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The Classroom Feeder Watch (CFW) curriculum published by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology can be the basis for an engaging classroom unit. Through this middle school curriculum, students observe bird feeders…
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The Basics of Data Literacy: Helping Your Students (and You!) Make Sense of Data (e-book)
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Here’s the ideal statistics book for teachers with no statistics background. Written in an informal style with easy-to-grasp examples, The Basics of Data Literacy teaches you how to help your students understand data.…
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Be a Winner! A Science Teacher’s Guide to Writing Successful Grant Proposals (e-book)
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Be a Winner! is your chance to learn from veteran science teachers about the secrets to successful grant writing. Formatted as a handy workbook, this practical book takes you step by step through the writing process.…
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Practical Ways to Assess and Change Students’ Perceptions of Scientists
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One exercise that challenges students’ stereotypical perception of scientists is the Scientist Match-Up Activity. In this interactive lesson, students are asked to match a person to a profession based on three sets of…
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Putting a Spring in Archimedes’ Step
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As teachers with often limited resources, we are constantly looking for ways to promote serious science at low cost and with minimal equipment. This activity helps students to understand buoyancy and targets important…
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