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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K—12 (Books Published in 2007: TST)
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Each of these outstanding selections defies the traditional image of a child “curling up with a good book.” Yes, they can be a source of great personal reading, encouraging students of all ages to stretch their skills…
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Formative Assessment Probes: Using the P-E-O Technique
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses using predictions, explanations, and observations during the Solids and Holes formative assessment probe.
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Meaningful Involvement of Science Undergraduates in K-12 Outreach
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The authors argue for the involvement of science undergraduates in K–12 outreach to enhance their communication skills, generate enthusiasm for science in today’s youth, and extend relationships between institutions of…
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Lunch-Trash Solar Stills: Learning About the Engineering Design Process Through Earth Science
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Create a water-purification systems with recyclables.
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Case Study: Why I Like Clicker Personal Response Systems
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For those of you unfamiliar with clicker personal response systems, a clicker is a handheld remote that students use to enter their responses to multiple choice questions. The question is displayed on the classroom…
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Scope on the Skies: A year in the skies
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue highlights the astronomical events for the 2003-2004 school year.
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Scope on Safety: Allergies—Nothing to sneeze at
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The list from the nurse’s office of students with known allergies seems to get longer each year. Allergy symptoms can range from a simple red rash or itch to life-threatening anaphylactic shock. Interestingly enough,…
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This activity is designed to get students engaged in learning the topic of photosynthesis. Students are given a sheet with various facts about photosynthesis on it. They cut the clues out, sort them into categories, and…
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Building Acceptance for Pedagogical Reform Through Wide-Scale Implementation of Clickers
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Many instructional strategies exist that address poor student success in the sciences. They often go untapped, however, due to the knowledge or time needed for implementation. This article presents a formula for success…
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The Early Years: The Matter of Melting
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This month's Early Years column reveals how establishing a shared language through experiences can help young students and teachers exchange ideas and information about science concepts. The experiences that occur as…
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When describing activities in today’s K–12 science classrooms, the word inquiry often causes some confusion. As a result, many of us find ourselves asking the same questions: How do we know when inquiry is authentic?…
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Idea Bank: Lessons Learned From Test Writing
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It is a passion for students’ authentic engagement in science that influenced the author’s decision to heed the Utah State Office of Education’s (USOE) call for test writers at a professional workshop last summer. The…
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Editor's Corner: Why Math in Science Class?
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue and the major role science teachers play in how students learn and use math skills.
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Case Study: What Killed Leah Miller: Abuse or Natural Causes?
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this month’s issue the authors explore brain and eye anatomy and…
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While diagrams make the text more visually appealing and provide an image of the text, they also do much more. Subsequently, the authors designed a series of lessons for students to discover the many purposes of…
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