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Scope on Safety: Dissection—Don’t cut out safety
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In June 2005, the NSTA Board of Directors adopted a revised position statement, Responsible Use of Live Animals and Dissection in the Science Classroom. Under the “Dissection” section, NSTA calls for more research to…
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Commentary: Interdisciplinary Does Not Mean Intimidating
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According to the author of this month's Commentary column, "Interdisciplinary units are not superhuman feats, but natural extensions of good teaching practice and conversations among colleagues." She recounts how her…
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A Case-Based Approach Improves Science Students’ Experimental Variable Identification Skills
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Incorporation of experimental case studies into the laboratory curriculum increases students’ abilities to identify experimental variables that affect the outcome of an experiment. Here the authors describe how such…
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Science Sampler: Giants don’t exist in the real world—Challenges of teaching scale and structure
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Issues that relate to the unifying theme of scale, as defined by the National Science Education Standards (NRC 1996) and Science for All Americans (AAAS 1989), are common in both science and everyday life. Until…
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Investigating an Aerial Image First
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Conventional instructional routines used to introduce optics concepts can be ineffective at developing an in-depth conceptual understanding that allows students to apply optics concepts to simple, but real, optical…
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Students engage in inquiry science to solve the mystery of bones.
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Curiosity + Kindergarten = Future Scientists
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Carefully crafted experiences in the early childhood classroom can create learning opportunities for children that allow one curiosity to lead to another. Learning how to find out answers to fascinating questions is…
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Editor's Corner: Your Voice Counts
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on how "your voice counts" in helping influence the future of science education.
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Universal Design in Science Learning
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Universal design provides a framework for science educators to ensure that teaching and learning opportunities are not only standards-based, but inherently flexible, accessible, and usable to accommodate learner…
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Kindergarteners collect natural objects, investigate their objects, and record observations in science notebooks.
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Editor’s Roundtable: Systems—A powerful interdisciplinary theme
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A systems approach to science education is one of the powerful interdisciplinary ideas that AAAS recommends be woven through science learning at all levels and in all content areas. AAAS also calls for making systems…
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SimRiver: Environmental Modeling Software for the Science Classroom
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While students may acknowledge the impact that land use and development have on our environment, they do not necessarily understand the relationship between human activities and ecosystem responses. Therefore, the…
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The results of a survey revealed that astronomy workshops are necessary because of the lack of astronomy education in schools. In this article, The Oklahoma Project (TOP) Astronomy held a workshop with earth and…
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The “Central Dogma” of genetics states that one gene, located in a DNA molecule, is ultimately translated into one protein. As important as this idea is, many teachers shy away from teaching the actual mechanism of gene…
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Every Day Science Calendar: July 2006
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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