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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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Editor’s Roundtable: Reading is fundamental—to science
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A student’s reading level is one of the predictors of his or her overall academic success in middle school and afterwards. Science teachers, however, do not need to be reading experts to help students develop close-…
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Science Sampler: Magic termites—Exploring scientific inquiry
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The objective of the termite experiment is to walk students through the process of designing and conducting an experiment while allowing them to use inquiry-based methods to infer why, in this lab, termites follow the…
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There's More to Teaching Science
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There's more to teaching science than stuffing kids with facts. They have to learn to question, to observe, and to explore. Kids need to think like scientists; to sort and sift and muse. Encourage novel thinking; new…
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Science Sampler: Chemistry in action—Triple delight
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Melt away the winter blues with this series of chemistry investigations. Here the author describes how she capitalizes on students’ love for snow days, bubble gum, and ice cream to reinforce what they have learned about…
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Methods and Strategies: A New Use for Semantic Maps
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Semantic maps are frequently used graphic organizers that help students analyze their reading or develop their vocabulary. However, semantic maps can also be used effectively as a preassessment strategy for science…
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For several decades, science teachers have used bottles for classroom projects designed to teach students about biology. A model terrarium enclosed in a glass bottle was described in the 1975 edition of Science and…
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The authors of "How Far are the Stars," featured in the February issue of The Science Teacher, showed how the measurement of parallax permits scientists to infer astronomic distances. Give your students the chance to…
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Becoming Science "Experi-mentors"
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This article outlines how professional development experiences can best be structured to support teachers' science learning, leading to quality science instruction and learning for students. This discussion highlights…
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Tried and True: Using Diet Coke and Mentos to teach scientific inquiry
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Adding mint Mentos candy to a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke produces a fountain of soda foam that can reach 3 m high. A demonstration such as this can get a “Wow” out of most audiences, usually followed by a “Do it…
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Middle level students are in a concrete stage of psychosocial development and often have difficulty comprehending something as abstract as atomic structure. Students may simply memorize and "brain dump" information…
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Making Science Accessible: Strategies to Meet the Needs of a Diverse Student Population
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Despite the sincere interest of many teachers to address the varying educational needs of their students (Scruggs and Mastropieri 1994), the current emphasis on inclusion remains a source of frustration,…
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After the Bell: Science Sensibility
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Early exposure to scientific activities may lay the foundation for a student's journey from learning science as a novice to achieving science expertise.
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