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Teaching Through Trade Books: Gravity and Weight
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue explores the concept of gravity through several activities and readings.
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It is true that science can be found anywhere, even in the ancient Japanese sport of sumo wrestling. This activity gives students insight into both Japanese culture and an important science lesson on center of mass.
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Science 101: Why is a light-year a unit of distance rather than a unit of time?
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There are many issues associated with measurement that can be confusing. From light-years, to Richter scales, to logarithmics, Bill Robertson makes science more palpable for the average person.
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Guest Editorial: Hard to Teach Does Not Mean Impossible
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An opinion piece about difficult-to-teach topics.
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Gel Electrophoresis on a Budget to Dye For
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Gel electrophoresis is one of the most important tools used in molecular biology and has facilitated the entire field of genetic engineering by enabling the separation of nucleic acids and proteins. However, commercial…
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Making time for science is a genuine complaint among classroom teachers. As a former fifth-grade teacher and district curriculum coordinator, the author’s moment of truth came one morning while juggling classroom…
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Scope on Safety: Turn up the heat--Safely!
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Is burning down your middle school science laboratory one of your biggest concerns due to the heat sources used to conduct experiments? No need to worry--your fears can be extinguished once and for all by following the…
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Teaching molecular technology within the framework of open scientific inquiry provides a dynamic learning experience for students. Because a wide variety of molecular protocols are now so reliable, teachers can…
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Embracing Learner’s Ideas About Diffusion and Osmosis: A Coupled-Inquiry Approach
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Learning about osmosis and diffusion is often a challenging task for middle school students. Here the authors present a lesson that was converted from a “cookbook” lab (McLaughlin and Thompson 2007) into a more inquiry-…
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Centimeters, Millimeters, and Monsters
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The activity described in this article reinforces metric skills as preservice teachers design monster clothes for an imaginary monster wedding. The humorous activity also demonstrates how the process skills of…
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Idea Bank: 13 Tips for Writing in the Science Classroom
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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank shares 13 methods to incorporate writing into high school biology and chemistry classrooms.
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The Early Years: The Wonders of Weather
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses weather data collection.
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Methods and Strategies: Less Talk but Better Teacher Feedback
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In this month’s issue the author describes using redirects to improve student-to-student discussions.
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Extended Problem-Based Learning Improves Scientific Communication in Senior Biology Students
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This article describes a model of extended problem-based learning that instructed upper-level undergraduate students to focus on a single biological problem while improving their critical-thinking, presentation, and…
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Erupting with Great Force: Performing Text to Enhance Reading Comprehension
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Performing text in the form of choral reading, rap, reader’s theatre, and/or simulations offers students a powerful vehicle for understanding and recalling key concepts and significant details culled from textual…
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