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At RMIT University, students may now elect to study infectious diseases through a course called Outbreak—The Detection and Control of Infectious Disease. Outbreak was designed to simulate in an online class the…
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Science Shorts: The Challenge of Nutrition
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You have no doubt seen it in your classrooms and heard it in the news: Childhood obesity is an epidemic in the United States. Obesity may predispose children to health issues later in their lifetime, including type 2…
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Editor’s Roundtable: Essential data
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Answering a question or proposing an explanation based on evidence gathered from observations and measurements is at the heart of scientific inquiry. To develop this ability, teachers should provide repeated…
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After the bell: Food for thought (part I)— Science of food safety
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Consumers generally take for granted that the food they buy and eat is clean and free of pathogenic microorganisms. This overview of food safety will help ensure that the food purchased or consumed is wholesome and…
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The Case of Lobster Shell Disease
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The authors combined content-driven and inquiry-based lessons into the framework of problem-based learning. These older elementary students explored a local problem of lobsters infected by lobster shell disease.
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Get a Grip! A Middle School Engineering Challenge
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Investigating the field of engineering offers the opportunity for interdisciplinary, hands-on, inquiry-based units that integrate real-world applications; yet, many K-12 students are not exposed to engineering until…
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Career of the Month: An Interview With Broadcast Engineer Glenn Leffler
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Broadcast engineers maintain radio stations—their job is to keep stations on the air and making money. From rewiring a station’s equipment to fixing a transmitter on a mountaintop at 3:00 a.m., these engineers make sure…
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Pendulum racing from the playground to the physics lab. This inquiry-based physics lesson uses playground swings to introduce students to the motion of a pendulum. Students use graphical and mathematical methods to…
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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Your First Conference
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This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue offers strategies for a beneficial conference experience.
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Engaging Students in the Scientific Practices of Explanation and Argumentation
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This article examines the sixth and seventh practices concerning explanation and argumentation, which are highlighted in A Framework for K–12 Science Education.
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Once students become aware that science is something that most of us “do” daily, they are more apt to want to do science themselves. To encourage students, the author developed a laboratory experiment that introduces…
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Are your science textbooks still including the prototype for the space shuttle, Enterprise? If so, follow the authors’ favorite ways of incorporating different media into the classroom provided in this article. Cartoons…
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Scope on Safety: Is safety included in your science activity kits?
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For some school districts, the convenience, organization, curriculum scope, and sequence provided by science kits make them a tempting choice for incorporating hands-on, process- and inquiry-based science in the…
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Science Sampler: Enhancing student understanding of physical and chemical changes
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Students within the Findlay, Ohio, City School District, as well as students across the country, struggle with understanding physical and chemical changes. Therefore, in this article, the authors suggest some standards-…
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Everyday Engineering: Holiday blinkers
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Many examples of engineering go unnoticed because they are so much a part of our daily lives that we rarely give them much thought. When you decorate your house with holiday lights, you probably do not think about the…
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