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Point of View: The Nuclear Road Ahead—A Science, Technology, and Society Issue
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Many undergraduates can often be motivated by the opportunity to explore issues requiring them to develop at least a modest understanding of the underlying science. For many students, “just in time” science makes good…
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Battling Ecophobia: Instilling Activism in Nonscience Majors When Teaching Environmental Issues
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This article describes an approach to teaching about environmental issues that helps instill a sense of agency in the young learner. Students identify five lifestyle behaviors that contribute to environmental…
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PD Pathways: Teacher? Learner? Both!
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Teachers often have questions about how the strategies they learned at a professional development (PD) workshop will work with their students. Wouldn’t it be great if teachers had the opportunity to practice…
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This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue focuses on the challenge to create an environment within the science enterprise where intellectual…
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Favorite Demonstration: An Inexpensive Resonance Demonstration
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Resonance is commonplace and easy to recognize when it occurs. Yet it is also one of the most impressive and often unexpected phenomenon in all of physics. This article describes a visually appealing resonance…
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The Gulf of Maine Institute (GOMI) is striving to empower youth to take on stewardship roles in their communities. Through its Community Based Initiative (CBI) program, GOMI addresses environmental degradation by…
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Are They Really Learning What We're Teaching? An Informal Survey and Student Self-Assessment
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While enrolled in either the first or second semester of a two-semester human anatomy and physiology sequence, students self-assessed their mastery of material presented in the prerequisite course. Fifty-seven percent…
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To help promote student awareness of the connection between radio astronomy and radio frequency interference (RFI), an inquiry-based science curriculum was developed to allow high school students to determine RFI levels…
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Favorite Demonstration: Visual Aid to Demonstrate Change of State and Gas Pressure With Temperature
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The visual aid described in this article is designed to demonstrate the change in state of matter with the change of temperature and the change of pressure with temperature.
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Augmented Reality Games: Using Technology on a Budget
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Take a smart-phone-enhanced tour of your school to solve a recycling mystery.
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Counting Dots: Students engage in a coal mining activity to interpret geology
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With techniques used by actual geologists, students apply their understanding of contour lines, maps, area, density, and volume through a coal mining activity.
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The “Under the Mistletoe” project was developed to capitalize on student curiosity about the American Christmas Mistletoe plant and draw learners into an engaging, inquiry-based exercise that incorporates numerous life…
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As an extra credit activity, teachers can let students take turns teaching class using the “each one teach one” approach. Student groups select an activity, write a lesson plan and worksheet, and present their adapted…
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Scope on Safety: Glue guns—Aiming for safety
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While glue guns are very useful, there are safety issues. Regardless of the temperature setting, glue guns can burn skin. The teacher should demonstrate and supervise the use of glue guns and have a plan should a…
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Every Day Science: February 2008
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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