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Science Sampler: Mission Possible—Students reading in the science classroom
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Helping students read expository text through the use of questioning strategies can have powerful rewards. Teacher-generated questions help students learn how to effectively locate answers in a text and give them a…
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Students learn about space exploration through an online, cross-curricular program. STAR students are encouraged to apply their knowledge in creative ways—such as through stories and screenplays—as they approach an…
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Editor's Note (September 2001)
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Alternative Assessment: A monthly portfolio project improves student performance
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As an alternative method of assessment, students create portfolios by submitting monthly entries that demonstrate and expand their understanding of science concepts. Teachers can also use the portfolios to assess the…
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Active learning is a teaching methodology with a focus on student-centered learning that engages students in the educational process. This study implemented active learning techniques in an orthopedic assessment…
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Science Sampler: The Great Fakesperiment
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The Great Fakesperiment is based on 10 fictitious experiment examples. These examples included a brief description of what the experiment was about, asked students to identify the independent or dependent variable, and…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Sunrise, Sunset
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The next time you watch the Sun rise; take a minute to think about what’s really going on. You are standing on a giant ball of rock that is hurtling through space, and the spot where you are standing is rotating in the…
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Exploring the Science Framework
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This article discusses what it means for students to be mathematically proficient in the context of science and makes connections in math with the Common Core State Standards.
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The many and diverse demands on faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) are such that any research endeavors undertaken must be efficient and beneficial to both students and faculty. Sustaining faculty…
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The Prepared Practitioner: Correlation and Causality
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We are awash in data! Every week brings stories about scientific studies—especially those related to personal health. The news also brings stories about unscientific work that seems scientific, lending a veneer of…
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Idea Bank: Knowing Without Seeing
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In the following demonstration, students are asked to form a mental picture of an object hidden beneath a cardboard blind. Students must formulate hypotheses about the size, shape, and composition of the object while…
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Editor's Roundtable: Art Appreciation
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Tried and True: How old? Tested and trouble-free ways to convey geologic time
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Geologic time, or the time frame of our planet’s history, is several orders of magnitude greater than general human understanding of “time.” When students hear that our planet has a 4.6-billion-year history, they do not…
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Are you looking for ways to log professional development hours without traveling too far away from home this summer? Through reading, a teacher can spend valuable hours updating content background and methods, or simply…
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As educators, we must be willing to reinvent our worlds as we learn new things; to re-examine our conceptions as we encounter new views; and to re-evaluate our own subjective interactions with the new material. As part…
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