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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…

  • Empowering Youth

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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…

  • 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…

  • The Quiet Skies Project

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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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Under the Mistletoe

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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…

  • Students as Teachers

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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…

  • 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…

  • Every Day Science: February 2008

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    This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.

  • Fostering Argumentation Skills: Doing What Real Scientists Really Do

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  • Tech Trek: Converting sunlight into other forms of energy—Using photovoltaic cells made from silicon alloys for solar power

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    Experts, politicians, and large numbers of American citizens recognize that our present dependence on oil is a major obstacle to the progress of this nation; an examination of the potential solar alternatives will…

  • Good, Messy, Frothing Fun

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    Teach your students the dangers of unsafe lab behavior without scaring them or boring them through this lab safety module.This investigative case is part of a larger program through Emory University and metro Atlanta…

  • Tech Trek: Homework helpers

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    Homework can be tough-- especially if support is not available. Luckily, technology is now lending a hand to students who may be struggling at home with difficult science vocabulary, concepts, and experimental-design…

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