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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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The Alien Lab: A Study in Genetics
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Integrate language arts, mathematics, and art with this creature-building activity. Students reinforce their understanding of basic principles of heredity by creating alien creatures with specific traits.
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Using a Desktop Explosive Volcano Model to Explore Eruptions
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This article describes how to build a model that simulates the volcanic eruptions on the Hawaiian Islands.
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Observing the Sky Through the Eyes of the Ancient Mayans
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Throughout history, most cultures paid very close attention to the sky. For the Mayan culture specifically, the dependable motions of the Sun, Moon, and stars and their connection to accurate calendars provided…
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Customized Internet Assessments
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Online assessments, one area of Internet technology that educators are still trying to develop, can involve complicated programming beyond the reach of many instructors. This article describes a program that enables…
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Turtle Conservation and Citizen Science: A Winning Combination for Your Classroom
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Connect students to the natural world by studying the impact of invasive species in your neck of the woods.
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