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Society for College Science Teachers: Finding Time Through Specialization
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As part of the Early Career Development Program at the Institute of Teaching and Learning Excellence, colleagues presented a segment entitled Managing My Course. Among the key points was the notion that effective…
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Editor’s Roundtable: Never cut corners on safety
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Teaching science in a less-than-adequately equipped room is unsafe and just plain dangerous. Where safety is concerned, there are no shortcuts, no make-do techniques that Science Scope authors or anyone else can offer…
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Non-Traditional Characteristics of a Successful Science Fair Project
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Although science fairs are designed to help students develop inquiry skills, including writing research proposals, working with peers, and sharing experimental findings, simply holding a science fair is no guarantee…
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The Cycles of Math and Science
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Cycles are found throughout nature. In this article, the water cycle is used as an example to help students understand the relationships, patterns, and phenomena that repeat in both math and science.
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Becoming Environmentally Literate Citizens
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The RAFT technique (Santa 1988) is a writing strategy that helps students understand their Role as a writer, the Audience they will address, various Formats for writing, and the expected Topic or content. This article…
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Teaching the Stories of Scientists and their Discoveries
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It takes very little extra time and effort to correlate required science concepts with history. For example, teachers can provide the historical background for Mendeleev’s development of the periodic table as students…
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Imagine studying the history and technology of the Civil War through photographs taken at that time and learning about the chemistry and mathematics of photography by building cameras. That’s what elementary students do…
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Science of the Maya: Teaching ethnoscience in the classroom
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Ethnoscience is empirical knowledge of the world held by indigenous people, reflecting their thought processes, values, concepts, and experiences. Drawing on the work of Heinberg (1994), five premises may be identified…
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Science Sampler: School yard geology
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“Can we break rocks again today?” This statement is typical of the excitement students show for identifying rock types after they apply their rock identification knowledge to the geology in the school yard. Many school…
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Editor's Note: Moving Toward Inquiry
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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The Thinking Machine: A Physical Science Project
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Science projects can be a wonderful opportunity for learning and creativity, or a gigantic headache for teachers. After several years of implementation, experience, and revision, the author has put together a fun and…
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Two-Year Community: Life in the Universe: An Interdisciplinary Seminar Course
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This article describes highlights of a community college's 15-week interdisciplinary seminar course, Life in the Universe, including students' perceptions of the course elements.
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This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. In this month’s issue the author discusses the statute that banned the teaching of human evolution and the John Scope's…
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Many students do not have the manual dexterity to keep up with a fast-moving paramecium on a microscope slide. The lowly termite, however, provides an easily observable microscopic endo-ecosystem in an environment not…
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Eyes on Planet Earth! Exploring Your Local Watershed
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Encourage students to investigate their local watershed and become involved in assessing and monitoring the quality of water with the help of this month's poster from the American Geological Institute.
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