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Editor's Roundtable: Report on reform
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the findings of a new report, What America Thinks About Science Education Reform.
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Editorial: Stuck in the Certainty Gradient
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We are increasingly seeing incoming college students who haven’t experienced (or perhaps haven’t responded to) this gradual presentation of increasing uncertainty. And the author believes this is one of the profound and…
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Editor’s Roundtable: Nurturing Scientific Habits of Mind
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Science process skills and content knowledge are not enough to produce the scientists and scientifically literate citizens we need in the 21st century. Shared values and dispositions within the science community such as…
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And the Winners Are… Award-Winning Science Books of 2008
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Most people are probably familiar with major literary awards such as the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, Booker Prizes, and the Caldecott and Newbery awards for children’s literature.…
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: Books Published in 2012
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This year's list of science trade books can be used in the science classroom to enrich and inspire students while they learn science content.
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Object boxes—plastic shoe boxes containing carefully selected figures, toys, and household items—can provide a hands-on opportunity for students to explore both abstract concepts, such as scale, and more concrete topics…
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Editor's Note: Is There Nothing New . . .
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Nonscience majors enrolling in introductory science courses may not have a chance to conduct authentic scientific research and therefore may develop a distorted view of science. This article describes how authentic…
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The Early Years: Objects in Motion
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Objects in motion attract children. The following activity helps children explore the motion of bodies riding in a vehicle and safely demonstrates the answer to their questions, “Why do I need a seatbelt?” Children will…
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In this study, the authors analyzed how students’ grades in high school biology courses are associated with their predicted and actual grades in college courses. The results of the study revealed a disconnect between…
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Discover why we don't feel like we are spinning even though the Earth is spinning at close to 1,609 kph by delving into this month's, Ask the Experts column. You're sure to be satisfied with the interesting and factual…
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Society for College Science Teachers: iPods -- Informative or Invasive?
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The ubiquitous devices, known as iPods, are being used in a variety of teacher-centered ways. In some classes, students are using them to record interviews and produce reports or other audio or video products to be…
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Science Sampler: Engineering in the classroom
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In an effort to educate students about engineering, teachers in the Bowling Green, Kentucky, area challenged their students to become engineers. Students were given the tools they needed to design, create, and race a…
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Action-Based Research Teams: Collaborating to Improve Science Instruction
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Action-based research teams, a partnership of scientists, science educators, master teachers, graduate students and undergraduates, have been established at Purdue University to improve undergraduate instruction in the…
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Idea Bank: Clarifying Tropical Cyclone Activity in Centuries Past
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In order to truly answer questions of hurricane frequency one must move past short-term human-documented meteorological records and find environmental proxies for determining historical hurricanes. Just recently, Miller…
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