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The Early Years: Birds in Winter
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Science and art go hand-in-hand, as scientists make art to share their observations. Two scientists who are widely known first as artists are Leonardo de Vinci, anatomist and inventor, and Beatrix Potter, mycologist.…
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Discovering Flowers in a New Light
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Although students may have made observations of plants and flowers, not many have looked closely at their various structures or seen the colorful designs of flowers that are only apparent when magnified. The 5E learning…
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Students—and just about everyone else—tend to have a wide range of misconceptions about microbes. This article is aimed at changing how students view microbes by engaging them in two hands-on activities that are fun and…
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While many states are facing challenges to the teaching of evolution in their science classrooms, the University of California Museum of Paleontology, working with the National Center for Science Education, has…
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Editor’s Note: States of Matter
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There is a common misunderstanding of chemicals and chemistry. Chemicals are “bad.” Chemists are a nerdy set in the same category as those zany physicists, except that chemists work with more dangerous materials—“…
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Suckers for Science: Lessons with leeches teach students to think like scientists
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Suckers for Science is a model inquiry-based program for integrating curriculum, incorporating technology, providing alternative assessment, demonstrating connections between classroom and real-life applications, and…
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YouTube in the Science Classroom
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YouTube makes it possible for teachers to capitalize on children’s insatiable appetite for visually stimulating learning. Some of these videos attain “viral” status, getting passed on from person to person and by links…
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Guest Editorial: Computers in the Year 2000
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An opinion piece about the millennium computer bug or year 2000 problem (Y2K) that could cause computer systems to crash.
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Changing the Learning Environment in Large General Education Astronomy Classes
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The gradual, ongoing transformation of a large general education astronomy class is presented. Emphasis is on student reaction to and academic impact of changes in the teaching/learning environment introduced over a…
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Editor’s Roundtable: Science, the ultimate math word problem
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Science is a proving ground for skills learned in math classes, and for most students, it is often the first place where they have had to repeatedly use math to answer questions and solve problems. A lack of math skills…
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding communication and believes that educators need to communicate continuously with each other. In this issue, the Science and Children staff announce an avenue for…
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this month’s issue the authors describe an interdisciplinary…
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Scope on the Skies: February 2005
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Reach for the moon during the month of February! Our Moon appears in conjunction with planets and stars along the ecliptic, as it does each month. From our perspective, the object looks close--February is no exception…
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Issues In-depth: The ins and outs of curbside recycling
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In recent years, numerous municipalities in the United States and abroad have implemented either mandatory or voluntary curbside recycling programs. While the materials are not recycled at the curbside, the term…
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Adventures in Exercise Physiology
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The author altered the format of an exercise physiology course from traditional lecture to emphasizing daily reading quizzes and group problem-solving activities. The SALGains evaluation was used to compare the two…
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