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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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The essential feature of the "targeted test revision" process is that students are encouraged to rework exam problems that they did not complete successfully. Instead of punishing students for not doing their best work…
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 (2005 List)
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The annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for K-12 students was selected by a committee of National Science Teacher Association members. This comprehensive list of selected books were all published in 2005.
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Sticking Together: A learning cycle investigation about water
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Science educators are consistently challenged to seek ways to help students make meaning of difficult and often abstract concepts. This learning cycle investigation was designed to serve this purpose on important…
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Creativity in the Science Classroom
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Though many teachers would like to incorporate creative activities into their teaching, there are few practical suggestions to help them accomplish this goal (Yager 2000). In this article, the authors introduce four…
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Learning Genetics with Paper Pets
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By the end of the eighth grade, students are expected to have a basic understanding of the mechanisms of basic genetic inheritance (NRC 1996). However, these concepts can be difficult to teach. To make these concepts…
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