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The author describes how students experience the weeklong summer astronomy camp on a college campus. One favorite student activity is nighttime viewing of the skies, in which students learn to use telescopes to view…
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Learning by Heart: Students use heart rate patterns to identify nervous system imbalances
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In this article, students use computer-based sensors to detect beat-to-beat variations in heart rate, known as heart rate variability (HRV). HRV analysis is a rapidly evolving field of study, with connections to biology…
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Cruising the Climate With Spreadsheets
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Electronic spreadsheets and online weather databases are excellent tools for making real-world comparisons of local, national, and global climate trends. The activities described in this article incorporate these tools…
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In this article the authors present the results of a study about the effects of incorporating literacy strategies with laboratory sections in a general biology course.
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The values and assumptions that go hand-in-hand with the production of scientific knowledge are seldom addressed in the classroom. Failure to address this "hidden" nature of science can result in student misconceptions…
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Issues in Science and Technology
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In this course, students select a current issue in science and technology and then explore it in a scientific manner. They work in groups and individually to examine the history behind the science and technology that…
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The New Teacher’s Toolbox: Teaching in the Digital Age
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New technologies are engaging today’s students the way PowerPoint did a decade ago. The pressure to go digital can seem especially overwhelming to new teachers, but fear not! Teaching in the digital age is easier than…
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Labels such as “low-fat” and “trans-fat free” are seen on food products everywhere, and yet most of my students do not know what these terms really mean. Can you help me?
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Editor’s Corner: Where’s the Evidence?
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“What evidence do you have for that idea?” It is a simple question, but one asked far less than it should be. Too often, we hear justifications such as, “Everybody knows that ...,” “It’s what I’ve heard,” or “It’s just…
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Students explore a new kind of testing—of soil—and learn about plant needs and how to analyze results.
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Thought for Food: Students learn science with healthy eating
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This article features activities used in a schoolwide science unit on nutrition.
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The Green Room: Start an Environmental Club
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This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses different activities that students can do as part of an environmental club.
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The Early Years: A Sense of Place
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this month’s issue students learn to use the school yard as a model.
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Tried and True: The living periodic table
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To help make the abstract world of chemistry more concrete to your middle-school students, have them create a living periodic table that can be displayed in the classroom or hallway. This display includes information…
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Access to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy early in the college curriculum was provided to undergraduate students in an effort to improve student perceptions of science. Survey results indicated positive…
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