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Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Distance-Learning Strategies, August 25, 2020
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How can we create equitable, distance-learning sensemaking (actively trying to figure out how the world works or designing solutions to problems) experiences for our students when it comes to asking them to use…
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Science Update: The Enduring Legacy of Henrietta Lacks, September 16, 2020
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Join us on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, starting at 7:00 pm ET and learn about the legacy of Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) was an…
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Archive: Science Update: The Enduring Legacy of Henrietta Lacks, September 16, 2020
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As we celebrate Henrietta Lacks’ 100th birthday, this web seminar presentation will highlight the contributions of HeLa cells to science and medicine, as well as NIH’s unique agreement with the Lacks’ family…
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Archive: Back to School with NSTA, NSELA, and CS3, August 20, 2020
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The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), the National Science Education Leadership Association, and the Council of State Science Supervisors have created a series of one-pagers that focuses on quality teaching…
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High-quality instructional materials (HQIM) designed for next generation science can make a difference in the quality of equitable science teaching and learning throughout the educational system and for all learners (i.…
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Students’ Ideas Matter! Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence teaching is all about creating conceptual coherence for learners to better prepare them for future careers. Written for K–5…
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For Mr. Kim's fifth-grade students, recess is not just for playing and getting exercise! One spring, he observed a small group of his students near their class bluebird box, examining various bird feathers found on the…
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A place-based science curriculum incorporates the photovoice method.
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This case is based on the real-life incident of a boy whose arm was bitten off by a bull shark while he was swimming off the Florida coast in the summer of 2001. After the boy’s arm was retrieved from the shark’s mouth…
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Every Day Science Calendar—January 2007
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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The ABCs of Assessment: Aligning assessment with instruction
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Assessment often carries a negative connotation, but it is as important as curriculum and instruction and needs to be viewed as a positive enhancement of learning. To be comprehensive, assessment must be authentic,…
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This demonstration describes a simple procedure that helps students to identify the entire pancreas, including its boundaries. The method exposes the head, body, and tail of the pancreas so students may learn to…
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Editor's Corner: Hail to the Awardees
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue featuring some of the favorite activities of the Presidential Awardees who were honored in past years for excellence in secondary science teaching.
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This section provides notes from the field editor regarding several articles in the journal and offers anecdotes for making science available to all students, regardless of language, ability, and interest.
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Preparing Undergraduates for Professional Writing
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The inability to write scientific papers effectively remains a problem for many college students. To identify pedagogical constructs that help undergraduates write well in scientific formats, the authors evaluated the…
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