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Fostering Argumentation Skills: Doing What Real Scientists Really Do
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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…
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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…
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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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How Much Have You "Bean" Eating?
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Students use beans to explore the relationship between world population and limited food resources.
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Editorial: Nature, Vanity, and the Teaching of Evolution
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We enjoy learning about nature--we're fascinated by medical breakthroughs, technological advances and Earth's natural wonders. But there is another side of nature that many people don't like to hear about. Instead of…
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia Seeds for Inquiry
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Students learn about growing plants while using chia seeds during science inquiry activities. Nutrition and cultural history are also incorporated into the activity.
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It is no secret that many high school students are fascinated with automobiles. The activities in Fueling the Car of Tomorrow—a free high school science curriculum, available online—(see “On the web”)—capitalize on this…
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Science Sampler: Dihydrogen monoxide assignment
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Chemistry is a subject that uses big words for a world we already know. Many eighth graders come to physical science classes with preconceived fears of chemistry and its big scary words. As a result, the author…
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Idea Bank: Effective Data Representation
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Science students often have a difficult time distinguishing between data collection and data representation and interpretation. It is important for students to understand that organizing data into a chart or graph can…
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Combining biology, geology, mathematics, geography, and language arts, this activity encourages students to use the scientific method to solve a realistic problem encountered by a fictional field paleontologist.…
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Amber: Using “Tree Tears Turned to Stone” to Teach Biology, Ecology, and More!
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Amber is a fossil by itself, and can also contain plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. Some of these perfectly preserved specimens give scientists a convenient window to past environments, including the…
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Science Sampler: Mean, median, mode, and range
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A hands-on approach to mean, median, mode, and range turned a simple lab into a two-day opportunity for cooperation among lab-group members and among lab groups. The concepts of accuracy and precision were introduced…
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Water: A Sticky Subject? Learning about the cohesion and adhesion properties of water
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In this activity, students learn that water particles (molecules) have a “sticky” property that allows water to overfill a container and that the strength of this property is altered with the addition of soap. When…
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It is very important to show how open-mindedness and tolerance, or their lack, function in social situations. Ask the pupils to cite personal experiences, or the statements and actions of prominent people, to illustrate…
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