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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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Learning makes more sense and is retained when it has a context and connection to other knowledge. We know this from a wealth of sources: research, our experiences as students—and as teachers. We remember things that…
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Johnny Appleseed Comes to Class
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Elementary life science methods professors found that their students often misunderstood the connection between flowers and fruits. Johnny Appleseed helped to solve this quandry by making a visit to provide an engaging…
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Fall is a time when the splendors of nature are unveiled through the transformation of leaf colors. Daylight, temperature, and nutritional variations are factors that initiate the hormonal changes leading to the…
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Editor’s Roundtable: Stop avoiding your e-mails!
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Don’t expect the online “innovation” to go away—email communication is here to stay, and it is your responsibility as an educational professional to respond to them, and even use them to your advantage. This month’s…
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Tech Trek: Experimenting with technology—Advice to those who dare
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This planned activity experiments with technology and is designed to explore one site on the World Wide Web.
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Scope on Safety: Safety in the field
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. In this month’s issue the author discusses how to navigate field trips safely through careful preparation and planning. The field trip is priceless and helps…
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