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Career of the Month: An Interview with Shark Advocate Sonja Fordham
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Most sharks are the top predators in their ecosystems, yet they are often at the bottom of the conservation priority list. Because they are under-protected and exceptionally slow growing, and therefore valuable to…
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Methods and Strategies: Formative Assessment Probes
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Formative assessment probes can be effective tools to help teachers build a bridge between students’ initial ideas and scientific ones. In this article, the authors describe how using two formative assessment probes can…
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The case study method can be an effective pedagogy to address the problems in science education. The National Research Council has identified three principals about how students learn science in the classroom. First…
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The Early Years: Air Is Not Nothing
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Children usually begin to understand that a substance called air is all around us after age three, but they don’t grasp that air is matter until age five, or even older. They may learn that “air is a gas” but have…
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The Last Teacher: Technology and the Demise of the University
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This article presents a visionary tale of the next 30 years where virtual classrooms link students across the world and electronic personalities become the teachers. A time when miniaturized computers become embedded in…
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Diagrams and figures play a central role in science and science education. Research has indicated that, when presented and used properly in a classroom setting, these external representations can contribute to students…
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Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning
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Fifth graders design and test strategies regarding levers to better their construction and justification of claims.
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While learning about the types of weather events that occur in the local area, students in grades 4–6 were asked to consider how structures can be built to withstand extreme weather conditions. Teams of students…
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Perspectives: Using Analogies in Elementary Science
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Using analogies in science classrooms helps students make connections between everyday life and the concepts we are trying to teach. Analogies help students form a bridge between their existing knowledge and new…
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Safer Science: Safety on the Move
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This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. In this month’s issue, the author covers safety on field trips.
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Seed bank investigations teach biodiversity and biocomplexity.
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This study assessed the impact of science teaching laboratories designed with visual connections to spaces outside the laboratory, either to interior spaces or to the outdoors. Specifically the authors assessed student…
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Integrating Interactive Notebooks
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An interactive notebook can be a powerful instructional tool, allowing students to take control of their learning while processing information and engaging in self-reflection. The three-part learning cycle of an…
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Teaching Teachers: Using Effective Demonstrations for Motivation
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Presents practical teaching methods containing simple suggestions for classroom demonstration.
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Your Syllabus Should Set the Stage for Assessment for Learning
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In this article, the authors describe how a syllabus can be used to set the stage for effective use of assessment-for-learning principles. Nearly all college instructors use a syllabus, but this document typically…
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