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Editor's Corner: "Turn On" the Evolution Light Bulb
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue about teaching evolution effectively.
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Teaching through Trade Books: Mysteries of the Past
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Paleontologists, scientists who study the history of life on Earth, work in a dynamic area of science. Think of putting together a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing—that’s what creating the fossil record is…
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Note Sheets: A Reliable Predictor of Success?
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Students in a large introductory-level biology course brought one page of notes to their exams. The authors scored these note sheets for their format and content. Student performance on exams showed a very limited…
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Enhancing Science Teaching by Doing MORE
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Students need guidance regarding how to think through the inquiry process but such scaffolding is often missing from secondary school laboratory programs. The Model-Observe-Reflect-Explain (MORE) Thinking Frame is an…
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Science Sampler: An inquiry into the phases of matter
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The “What’s the matter With XOD” activity addresses students’ misconceptions and refines their ideas about phases of matter. This activity introduces the characteristics for solids, liquids, and gases, and begins a…
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Mom Always Liked You Best: Examining the Hypothesis of Parental Favoritism
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In this interrupted case study, based on a journal article on the parenting behavior of American coots, students are given information and data from which they must develop hypotheses and design experiments, mimicking…
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The movement toward inclusion has affected classrooms greatly. Now, more than ever, teachers are addressing a broader range of academic needs in every classroom. But, how can teachers can reach all students when…
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Editor's Note: Do I Agree With That?
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Studying Hammerheads in Hawaii
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The High School Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Tagging Program in Hawaii is an example of a successful partnership researach collaboration. As part of the program, high school students and teachers worked with biologists…
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Mathematics in the Biology Classroom: A Model of Interdisciplinary Education
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This article describes an interdisciplinary course that develops essential mathematical modeling skills within an introductory biology setting. The course embodies recent recommendations regarding the need for…
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When life hands you lemons, make a battery! In this article, the authors describe an activity they refer to as Juan’s Dilemma, an extension of the familiar lemon-battery activity (Goodisman 2001). Juan’s Dilemma…
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Point of View: “Is a Bird an Animal?” The Necessity of Science Content Knowledge
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Teachers often see science as an important subject to teach, but they are often reluctant to teach science because they feel inadequately prepared or are unsure of their abilities (Atwater, Gardener, and Knight 1991;…
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Science Sampler: Scruples and hogsheads
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Accurate measuring is an integral component of learning and doing science. This article features some simple memory techniques that make learning the metric prefixes as easy as reciting the alphabet.
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Editor’s Roundtable: All things great and small
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Middle level students often demonstrate limited familiarity with extremes, whether in distance, time, temperature, speed, or size: and they can have poor measuring skills and an inadequate number sense. The can make…
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Middle school students are very interested in learning how their brains work. In this article, the authors share three activities that explore learning styles. Students take inkblot tests, answer a learning style…
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