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Eye and Face Protection in School Science
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Choosing what eye and face protection to provide for the high school science laboratory is often a challenge. Science teachers and school administrators may not fully understand the relevant safety regulations and…
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Science education reform requires innovative professional development initiatives. Here we report the success of an interdisciplinary learning circle that met regularly over the course of a year to explore pedagogical…
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Science Sampler: The SI system on the basketball court
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For many students, the metric system of SI units is so complex that it is shifted into the realm of the mystical and then forgotten. Here is a fun and easy inquiry-based activity to familiarize your students with the SI…
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Two Paper Airplane Design Challenges: Customizing for Different Learning Objectives
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This article describes two examples of how a common, underlying design task—designing a paper airplane—was modified to meet the needs of two very different college science courses. These cases illustrate both important…
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Phenylketonuria Genetic Screening Simulation
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This article presents a hands-on, simulated screen for the inherited disease phenylketonuria. Designed as an interactive demonstration of inherited traits, this simulated screen connects real-life genetic testing with…
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Active Learning in the Lecture Hall: A Nonlaboratory Science Course for the Nonscience Major
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In this article, the author modified a primarily lecture, general education course for nonscience majors to engage the students in a variety of active learning activities. Students' skills for cooperative learning were…
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Marigolds for Montana: Students study the effect of marigolds on nematode management
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Students join with university scientists on a yearlong agriculturally based research project to study the effect of marigolds on nematode management.
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Wacky Machines: A unit on simple machines gets a new twist with old junk
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The next community yard sale might be a repository of old, quirky items that are just the things to get students thinking about simple machines. By introducing some "wacky machines" at lab stations as mystery objects,…
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Why Do Athletes Drink Sports Drinks?
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Why does an athlete reach for a sports drink after a tough game or practice? The learning cycle presented in this article helps students answer this question. Learning cycles (Marek 2009) are designed to guide students…
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Problem-based learning (PBL) is a powerful vehicle for inquiry-based learning in which students use an authentic problem as the context for an in-depth investigation of what they need and want to know (Checkly, 1997).…
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Favorite Demonstration: Interactive Demonstrations -- Examples From Biology Lectures
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Demonstrations have long been a part of postsecondary science teaching. However, in today's constructivist classroom we know that to show completely, we must actively involve students in their learning. This need for…
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Commentary: Science and Service Learning
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An opinion piece about a successful service learning project in which students used research on plant types to bring a lively activity to local nursing home residents.
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Soil Studies: Applying acid-base chemistry to environmental analysis
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To help secondary students understand acid-base chemistry, two educators design experiments focusing on acid rain’s effect on soil. Students conduct experiments to measure the pH of rainwater and soil before and after…
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Scope on the Skies: We're back!
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses the latest mission to Mars.
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Analyzing the <em>Standards</em>: Looking at using and possibly misusing the science standards
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Be they from Benchmarks for Science Literacy, the National Science Education Standards, or a state curriculum framework, standards offer educators a common foundation upon which to base curriculum, instruction, and…
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