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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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Hook your students onto inquiry-based science by implementing this ooey, gooey fish guts activity into your science curriculum. The author developed this fish dissection lesson as an inexpensive, safe, and clean…
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The following questions are addressed in this month’s Ask the Experts column: “If energy is conserved and we begin to store “renewable” energy sources such as wind and solar energy, what happens to our environment as a…
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Point of View: Intelligent Design: Jonathan Wells and the Tree of Life
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In recent years, the intelligent design (ID) movement has been very successful in attracting the attention of the general public. The ID movement is centered predominantly at the Center for Science and Culture in the…
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Chemistry as a Second Language
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Chemistry is a unique language in and of itself that can be difficult for students to understand. As a result, the basic curriculum approach described in this article was designed to make chemistry more accessible to…
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<i>Not</i> an Unfeasible "Extra"
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Blogging helps elementary students communicate and reflect on their science practice.
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Success with GPS: A look at hand-held technology in the science classroom
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Certain technological tools have the capacity to extend student research, beyond traditional boundaries, creating an interesting environment as data are collected and analyzed in the pursuit of scientific studies. A…
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Idea Bank: Emphasizing Safety in the Classroom
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With the popularization of inquiry-based learning in science classes at all levels, laboratory instructors must be proficient in the proper handling of hazardous substances. This care in dealing with potentially harmful…
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Home Connections: Sticking Together
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How do water striders manage to skitter across the surface of a creek or pond? This article addresses this question by explaining the basics about surface tension. It features two activities for students to try at home…
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Promoting the Development of Graduate Students’ Teaching Philosophy Statements
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Teaching philosophy statements typically improve over time with teaching experience and instructional self-knowledge. Graduate students without this experience and self-knowledge risk producing lackluster statements…
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