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Testing for Toxins Using <i>Daphnia spp.</i> and Table Salt
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Conduct a simple toxicity test with a familiar chemical. Students learn about key concepts in science, including measuring volume and mass, serial dilutions, and data collection and interpretation.
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Teacher's Toolkit: No Child Left Behind -- What does this mean to middle school science teachers?
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The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 is the historic education reform effort that President Bush proposed his first week in office, which Congress passed into law on January 8, 2002. NCLB reauthorized the…
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In this article, find out how a careful analysis of student answers to the standards-based exams proved to be an important instructional tool.
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After the Bell: Parents as teachers—how teachers can help parents promote science literacy
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This article contains three simple, highly effective strategies that can be shared with parents to encourage students' more active learning, thinking, and processing of information.
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Editor’s Corner: A Community of Learners
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In addition to supporting the exchange of ideas within the science teaching community, The Science Teacher (TST) also supports the notion of community in its widest sense, by including articles that connect students and…
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Tried and True: How the brain visually perceives the world
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The eyes are said to be the "mirror of the soul" or similiar to the "lens of a camera." Have you ever wondered how such a small feature of our anatomy can have such a big impact on our abilities to perceive the world…
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Using Period Table Live! pushes students to think critically and helps them learn the period trends in properties.
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In the scientific community, the symposium is one formal structure of conversation. Scientists routinely hold symposiums to gather and talk about a common topic. To model this method of communication in the classroom,…
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Factors Related to Students' Learning of Biomechanics Concepts
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The purpose of the study described in this article was to replicate and expand a previous study to identify the factors that affect students' learning of biomechanical concepts.
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Using the inquiry method, nonscience majors in Portland State University’s Natural Science Inquiry classes complete student-directed projects, individually and in groups, that tackle scientific, ethical, political, and…
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Dolphins, manatees, and sea lions are all aquatic mammals but are not closely related taxonomically. All three species are marine mammals, meaning they spend part or all of their lives in the sea and contiguous bodies…
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Safer Science: NSTA Portal to Science Safety
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The National Science Teachers Association’s (NSTA) Science Safety Advisory Board recently launched the Safety in the Science Classroom portal. This portal serves as a gateway to safety resources for teachers,…
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Green Science: The Keystone XL Pipeline
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An opinion piece about a proposed oil pipeline.
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Undergraduate Research Communities: A Powerful Approach to Research Training
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We applied the concept of learning communities, whereby students develop their ideas in cohort-based settings, to undergraduate research training. This creates powerful research communities where students practice…
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Because of the variability exhibited by individual animals’ responses to their environment, studying animal behavior can be a wonderful way to engage students in self-directed, open-inquiry investigations. Individual…
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