Editorial: Unintentional Verbosity

Journal Article | October 2009

Writing hurts, even for individuals who do it professionally. Consequently, because the birth of an essay, an article, or a book is so painful, we come to have a special affection for our words. This is both natural and…

Using Sound Knowledge to Teach About Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Journal Article | March 2007

Throughout our lives we are surrounded by sounds in our environment. Our ability to hear plays an essential part in our everyday existence. Students should develop an understanding of the role technology plays in…

Editor’s Corner: Inquiring Minds

Journal Article | October 2010

Regular readers of The Science Teacher (TST) may have noticed a lot of articles on scientific inquiry and notable among TST articles on inquiry are Bell and colleagues' “Simplifying Inquiry Instruction” and McComas’s “…

Editor’s Roundtable: Weaving a web of learning

Journal Article | October 2009

Teachers of all content areas, the arts included, must collaboratively plan meaningful instructional units around themes, issues, or problems that can be investigated and assessed using a cohesive, interdisciplinary…

Our Watery World: Teaching Middle School Students About Biodiversity

Journal Article | March 2013

Explore local natural areas to reinforce the importance of water to life on Earth.

Girls Only, Please: An after-school science club for girls promotes understanding and involvement

Journal Article | September 1999

Many girls come to school with few out-of-school experiences that properly prepare them for science in the classroom; however, boys often play with science toys and tinker with mechanical devices. Furthermore, when…

Astronomical Scale of Stellar Distances Using 3-D Models

Journal Article | October 2010

One of the largest challenges of teaching astronomy is bringing the infinite scale of the universe into the four walls of a classroom. However, concepts of astronomy are often the most interesting to students. This…

Recognizing Excellence: Turtles and Technology

Journal Article | November 2011

This column features profiles of award-winning science programs and teachers. In this month’s issue students are involved in a real-world problem: how to protect a threatened species and become its advocate.

The ESA21 Project: A Model for Civic Engagement

Journal Article | October 2005

Making the content of a course interesting to students can be quite a challenge for an instructor. Making the content of a required general education science course interesting to nonscience majors can be near to…

Career of the Month: Nutritional Biochemist

Journal Article | February 2013

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue talks about being a nutritional biochemist.

Worms on Ice: Exploring the mysteries of the elusive ice worm

Journal Article | November 2002

Students and teachers can participate in ongoing scientific research through simple worm experiments in the classroom. During the latest JASON Project expedition, a team of students designed and conducted several…

Favorite Demonstration: Demonstrating Emergent Properties in Dynamic Systems

Journal Article | August 2009

This demonstration was developed for an introduction to a soil science class to show how emergent properties are an essential behavior endemic to dynamic systems; explanations for their existence are not dependent on…

Precipitation Matters

Journal Article | June 2007

Although weather, including its role in the water cycle, is included in most elementary science programs, any further examination of raindrops and snowflakes is rare. Together rain and snow make up most of the…

Mendel's Modern Legacy

Journal Article | January 2012

The author incorporates engineering into the biology classroom by having students safely design, construct, and analyze engineered biological systems. This article examines a new open-access curriculum designed to teach…

The Sport-Utility Vehicle: Debating Fuel-Economy Standards in Thermodynamics

Journal Article | November 2008

This paper describes a debate about national fuel-economy standards for sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) used as a foundation for exploring a public policy issue in the physical science classroom. The subject of automobile…