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Formative Assessment Probes: “More A – More B” Rule
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Early-formed preconceptions can be explained by one of the intuitive rules identified by Stavy and Tirosh (2000) called More A – More B. By starting with students’ preconceptions, revealed through the use of a formative…
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Resourceful Science Integration
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Recognizing that many issues of Science and Children contain helpful and varied examples of science integration that might be pertinent to a particular classroom setting, we decided to compile an annotated bibliography…
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Fossil Finders: Engaging All of Your Students Using Project-Based Learning
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Take a PBL approach to paleontology to engage even the most unmotivated of students.
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The Prepared Practitioner: Supporting New Teachers
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New school years bring new challenges, students, lessons, and colleagues. Some teachers at your school may be just starting out with their first teaching job. Looking ahead to a new school year is a great time for all…
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Tech Trek: Make your own mashup maps
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Mashup is a new technology term used to describe a web application that combines data or technology from several different sources. You can apply this concept in your classroom by having students create their own mashup…
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Teaching through Trade Books: Rock Wonderings
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Rocks, as part of the Earth science curriculum, are an integral part of the National Science Education Standards. These trade book-inspired investigations for students in grades K-3 and 4-6 encourage readers to…
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Tech Trek: Ready to navigate—Classroom GPS applications
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The potential for enriched science instruction using GPS is virtually unlimited. An inexpensive GPS unit can help students prepare for the national and global dynamics of the twenty-first century, GPS models and…
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A Message from the NSTA President: Quality Science Teachers -- Essential to America's Future
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Our nation has begun to take science and the accomplishments of scientists in the United States for granted. The telephone, airplane, automobile, electric power, atomic fuel, vaccine, transplants, medicines--all of the…
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A Decade of Concern: A review of multicultural science education issues in the The Science Teacher
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Multicultural science education has long been of interest to the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). As a result, The Science Teacher has devoted one issue each publishing year to multicultural science…
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A Scientific World in a Grain of Sand
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Students investigate local sand samples on a shoestring budget. This investigation reveals a fascinating Earth history that can address various interdisciplinary scientific topics, provide rich inquiry experiences, and…
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Editorial: City Science—Filling the Education Vacuum for Our Inner-City Populations
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The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the need for an urban program sponsoring applied research related to the improvement of the lives of city residents.
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Dazzle students with the asthetic nature of art by integrating it into your science curriculum. For two weeks, a 10th-grade biology course is joined with the 10th-grade humanities course, which focuses on the 19th…
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Summer is a time for personal enrichment for teachers. Many travel, take formal classes, or work as interns or volunteers in scientific endeavors. But whatever the schedule, it’s also a time for teachers to get back to…
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Editorial: Lost in Translation
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Certainly, students are learners. No one can nor should expect them to demonstrate complete mastery early in the educational process. However, by the end of first semester of their freshman year, the author believes the…
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Every Day Science: February 2009
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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