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Safer Science: Biosafety—Getting the Bugs Out
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Basic knowledge and adoption of biosafety guidelines, including disinfection and sterilization techniques, are a necessary component in high school biology laboratories. This is especially important if students or…
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Tried and True: It's a gas! An exploration of the physical nature of gases
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Gases present something of a paradox for the casual observer--they are everywhere and yet, it remains difficult to see them anywhere. This instructional sequence engages middle school students in the inquiry process,…
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Technology and Society: Their Impact on Each Other
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As part of the National Science Foundation–funded Internships in Public Science Education (IPSE) program, the authors created a classroom activity that encourages middle school students to think about the interactions…
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Commentary: Supporting the Student Teacher
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An opinion piece about how the cooperating teacher continues to be the major influence on the student teacher.
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Integration With Big Ideas in Mind
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Integrating science lessons with lessons in other content areas can be an efficient use of limited time, but not every activity can be integrated productively. Teachers must consider several factors when making…
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Science Conversations for Young Learners
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What do you get when you add 20 kindergarten students and a student-led science discussion for the first time? Mass chaos! So, after taking some time to recover, the authors began to reflect on what they could change to…
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Teacher’s Toolkit: Making the most of concept maps
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A concept map is a two-dimensional, graphic or schematic diagram illustrating the interconnections, and often the hierarchy, of a particular concept or topic. Concept maps are especially important in teaching science…
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From Curanderas to Gas Chromatography: Medicinal Plants
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The Medicinal Plants of the Southwest summer workshop is an inquiry-based learning approach to increase interest and skills in biomedical research. Working in teams, Hispanic and Native American students discover the…
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The Green Room: Greenland's Melting Glaciers
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This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses glacial melting.
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Playing with toys isn’t always child’s play. Designing activities that use toys to improve student’s observation skills and problem-solving techniques can lead to serious science. To that end, the authors developed the…
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Read! Read! Read! In first grade, language arts are such a driving force; and yet, we know the students love science and art! How can we integrate the subjects, maintain the integrity of each subject area, and…
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Guest Editorial: A revolutionary model of professional development
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Traditionally, professional development in education has focused on three main areas: content, general pedagogy, or pedagogical content knowledge. While each area has its own purpose, in this article the author focuses…
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Science on the Run: Advice for teachers without a classroom
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After moving to a school where he has no classroom of his own, a biology teacher embraces his new work style by honing his organizational skills, establishing and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues whose…
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The San Diego Zoo partnered with a middle school in order to provide local inner-city, low-income girls the opportunity to perform active science and to meet current female scientists in an after-school program.…
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T'was the Start of Science Notebooking
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The authors discuss science notebooks and provide a list of approaches they have successfully implemented to introduce and reinforce science concepts. The article also includes a poem about science notebooking.
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