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Methods and Strategies: The Teaching-With-Analogies Model
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Teachers often use analogies and are unaware of it—they are using them automatically. Whenever they begin an explanation with “It’s just like…,” “It’s similar to…,” or “Think of it this way…,” they are using an analogy…
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Connecting Middle School, Oceanography, and the Real World
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The Sierra Oceanic Institute curriculum is an excellent way to channel students’ energy into completing tasks and learning about the ocean. Students are employees of this fictitious organization that places ownership of…
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This article offers instructional strategies that teach students to think critically.
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Editor’s Corner: Science for All
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This issue of The Science Teacher (TST) marks our 12th consecutive annual issue devoted to the theme “Science for All.” In its infancy, this special issue focused exclusively on the important topic of teaching…
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Adaptable Inquiry-Based Activities About National Patterns of Coal and Energy Use
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This lesson about our nation's electricity resources contains inquiry-based lessons designed to deepen students' understanding of key Earth science issues.
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The term inquiry has been used to form curriculum goals, design instructional strategies, and assess learning. The term also describes what scientists do. Within the science classroom, inquiry is used to promote…
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Writing-to-learn activities are designed to use writing as a process in which students generate and clarify understanding of scientific concepts for themselves, rather than simply communicating with a teacher for…
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Teacher’s Toolkit: The Computational Science Education Reference Desk
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The June 2005 report of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Council stated that “Computational science is now indispensable to the solution of complex problems in every sector, from traditional science and…
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Nonfiction Literacy in Kindergarten
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After an outdoor excursion hunting for a “special leaf” on a delightful fall day, students returned to the classroom and were instructed to capture the leaf on a blank page in their science notebooks. They were asked to…
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Launch Excitement with Water Rockets
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Explosions and fires—these are what many students are waiting for in science classes. And when they do occur, students pay attention. While we can’t entertain our students with continual mayhem, we can catch their…
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Science Shorts: Truffula Tree Troubles
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This column provides classic classroom activities that emphasize science process skills. In this month’s issue the author discusses how to use The Lorax to engage students in a rich exploration of renewable and non-…
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Development of a Valid and Reliable Student-Achievement and Process-Skills Instrument
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Development of a research instrument to measure student achievement requires planning and reliability and validity testing before the instrument is used to collect data. These steps are often overlooked in research…
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Tabizi Pythons & Clendro Hawks: Using Imaginary Animals to Achieve Real Knowledge about Ecosystems
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In the engaging unit described here, imaginary organisms are used to teach a variety of topics related to ecosystems—food chains and energy flow, food webs, limiting factors, carrying capacity, and the effects of…
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Scope on the Skies: The school year in space
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue features planet observations, eclipses, launches, and the International Space Station's (ISS) continued growth.
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Breathing Easy About New Air Pollution Standards
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A town hall meeting is the backdrop for a role-playing case about ground-level ozone air pollution. The case consists of a flier and scripts drawn from public comment records on the current government mandate to reduce…
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