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Citizen Science International Pellet Watch
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Scour local beaches for evidence of plastic resin pellets inadvertently released into our oceans.
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Tried and True: I Scream for Ice Cream (in 45 minutes)!
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This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue covers students learning about chemistry by making ice cream in a guided inquiry laboratory.
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The State High Biodiesel Project
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Through a collaborative project in Pennsylvania, high school students developed a method for converting batches of their cafeteria’s waste fryer oil into biodiesel using a 190 L (50 gal) reactor. While the biodiesel is…
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Methods and Strategies: Literature Circles for Science
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All science learning experiences, from hands-on inquiry to textbook-based learning, are enhanced if students are motivated and engaged in purposeful discussions. One way to encourage this is with literature circles, a…
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A teacher integrates science observations into the writing center. At the observation station, students explore new items with a science theme and use their notes and questions for class writings every day.
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To investigate students' perceptions of learning through three categories of experiments—classical, discovery, and instrumental—six students were interviewed over the course of a semester. Students' descriptions of…
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Eyes in the Sky: The Big Picture
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Boost your students’ learning experience by using satellite imagery in the classroom. In the activity described here, students assume the roles of research scientists. They work in groups and analyze satellite imagery…
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Quicksand Query: Using a popular fallacy to teach about density and volume
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A popular misconception—quicksand sucks people under—is used to teach students about density. In a series of lab activities, students create quicksand, determine its density, and measure the density of water and…
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Science Sampler: Feel the heat
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This article features a simple game that can help students understand the nature of heat transfer through conduction.
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A High-Stakes-Test Intervention: Moon-Phase Models as Viewed from Earth and Space
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Schools are under increasing pressure to meet accountability requirements and show growth in student achievement across tested content areas. As a result, throughout the school year, student achievement data are…
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A Consumer Guide to Professional Development
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How can a science teacher find professional development (PD) opportunities that are meaningful, coherent, and sustained that will foster teacher and student learning? The authors believe that science teachers can and…
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To Review or Not to Review? Review techniques help foster student achievement
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Review techniques are implemented to enhance student understanding of material and assessment performance. Reviewing materials before an exam gives students more exposure and experience with the subject matter, and the…
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Commentary: The Case for Integrated Science
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An opinion piece about the increasing interest in high school integrated science courses throughout the United States.
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This article describes how geologists investigate groundwater flow systems in areas of karst topography—geologic formations shaped by dissolving bedrock—and provides a way for students to replicate this research.…
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Developing Patterns for Learning in Science Through Reflection
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The process of the development of critical thinking and knowledge application requires more than rote memorization and the ability to get correct answers on lab reports or on a multiple-choice test. Purposeful, guided…
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