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This study explores students' self-perceptions across science subjects by gender and underrepresented minority group membership.
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Tech Trek: Graphing calculators
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Middle school science curriculum should include explorations of statistics in real-world situations that require students to collect, organize, and represent sets of data. A graphing calculator is the perfect tool to…
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Rolling on the River: Professional mentors motivate students to learn environmental science
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Students participate in an interdisciplinary project, Research@the.River.com. By collaborating with their professional mentors while working in the field, students learned environmental science curricula through…
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Someone’s in the Kitchen with Science
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The kitchen is a natural source of science exploration and a great place for young children to develop and practice their science process skills. These easy-to-do activities require few materials, address the National…
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Investigating Aquatic Dead Zones
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This article features two engaging high school activities that include current scientific information, data, and authentic case studies. The activities address the physical, biological, and chemical processes that are…
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Students are scientifically literate when they can read material about science and intelligently communicate their viewpoints, comments, and critiques, using scientific vocabulary and applying the ideas of the process…
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Society for College Science Teachers: Teach for Understanding Before the Details Get in the Way
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Several studies (Bruner 1996; Wiggins and McTighe 1998) have revealed that the teaching methods in college science classrooms often encourage students to memorize rather than comprehend. Too often, precious teaching…
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Science 2.0: Simulations in the Classroom
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This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses how using simulation software can help students deepen their understanding of science concepts.
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Students watch science narratives unfold in real time on the internet. Students collect, sort, analyze, and digest the information, and then they create a story based on their prior knowledge and their focus as they…
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Commentary: Enthusiasm is Contagious
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An opinion piece about students learning more when they are excited about the topic, and educators teaching better when they teach about something they are passionate about.
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The Constructivist Learning Model
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Much cognitive science research has been used to support a new model of learning. This most promising new model is called the Constructivist Learning Model (CLM). Russell Yeany (University of Georgia) has called CLM the…
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Picture THIS: Taking Human Impact Seriously
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Unfortunately, middle school students often view human impact as an abstract idea over which they have no control and do not see themselves as contributing to the Earth’s environmental decline. How better to uncover…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Secrets of Seeds
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From a tiny radish seed to a giant coconut, seeds come in a multitude of shapes and sizes. They all share one amazing secret: the potential to grow into a new plant when conditions are right. In this month’s column,…
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The Early Years: Counting a Culture of Mealworms
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Math is not the only topic that will be discussed when young children are asked to care for and count “mealworms,” a type of insect larvae (just as caterpillars are the babies of butterflies, these larvae are babies of…
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Career of the Month: An interview with Dinosaur Paleontologist Matthew Carrano
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In the hunt for dinosaurs, only a small number of species have been unearthed. Many answers remain buried, awaiting discovery, which is why dinosaur paleontology today is such a thriving field. Dinosaur paleontologist…
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