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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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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Student K-13 (Books Published in 2003)
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The Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 are selected every fall by an NSTA committee. These are the books selected for the publishing year 2003. Texts are cited for having substantial science content,…
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Idea Bank: Extra! Extra! Read All About the Universe!
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This year we are celebrating the International Year of Astronomy (IYA). The IYA commemorates the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first observations of the cosmos through a telescope. He never could have imagined how our…
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Methods and Strategies: The Home Connection
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Teachers can help students gain experience in the natural world by taking students outside, but such experiences usually have tight time constraints due to elementary students’ very busy daily school schedules. Another…
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Case Study: Ethanol or Biodiesel? A Systems-Analysis Decision
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This case study stresses the need to broadly consider an entire system, including all of the energy inputs and outputs involved, to determine the real efficiency of that system. It also asks its student audience to…
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