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Idea Bank: Modeling a Sinkhole
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Limestone lies underneath approximately 15 percent of the United States. Fractures, cracks, and weaknesses develop due to Earth’s natural processes or manmade sources, resulting in structural change to the limestone. As…
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The Many Metaphors of Energy: Using Analogies as a Formative Assessment Tool
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This article describes how student-generated analogies are shown to be an effective means of eliciting ideas about energy in systems from biology, chemistry, and physics.
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Scope on the Skies: Changing of the seasons
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. In this month’s issue learn the astronomy behind the changing of the seaons. Students know that we mark the change of seasons with the position of the Sun over…
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University Facilities as Real-World Foci of Multidisciplinary Science Learning
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The authors sought to better approximate the practice of “real” science in our classrooms by having students study a newly built storm-water remediation wetland on campus. The wetland was meant to gather and clean storm…
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Water You Engineering? An Activity to Develop Water-Quality Awareness
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Water is one of our most precious resources. However, for many in the United States, having fresh, safe drinking water is taken for granted, and due to this perceived lack of relevance, students may not fully appreciate…
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Industrial Toxicologist Greg Allgood
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Are you ever curious about the safety of sugar substitutes, air pollution, or your city’s tap water? Chemicals may make the world go around, but some of them can be harmful. So how do know which ones are safe?…
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The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i>: A Focus on Physical Science
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This article focuses on the NGSS disciplinary core ideas in physical science, the development of those ideas across time, the importance of blending core ideas with scientific and engineering practices to build…
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Science 101: Is It Possible to Turn Coal Into Diamonds?
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. In this month’s issue the author discusses the properties of carbon.
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Commentary: Together, Learning Science and the Science of Learning
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An opinion piece about professional development and what we want to accomplish through professional development.
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Crossing Disciplinary Lines—Bar Codes and DNA Codes: Students Crack the Codes of Digital Technology
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In this course, students study bar codes used by the U.S, Postal Service. Once students have a basic understanding of these codes, they compare their features with that of DNA codes. When students are introduced to the…
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There is a continuing need for engaging inquiry-based laboratory experiences for advanced high school and undergraduate biology courses. The authors describe a guided-inquiry exercise investigating the pH-dependence of…
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What Happens to Cemetery Headstones?
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A group of high school students and chaperones boarded a bus for historic Oakland Cemetery located in downtown Atlanta. Students explored the site and made observations of the gravestones, many of which were old and run…
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Scope on the Skies: Between the planets
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This year, Scope on the Skies will highlight members of our solar system, featuring current information about these objects and exploration missions to them. We will begin with an area of the solar system that could…
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This article outlines a 30-day nature of science unit designed for first graders, provides journal prompts, and gives examples of students' ideas through their quotes and journal entries. During the lessons, students…
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This quasi-experimental pilot study of nonscience majors taking a physical science course at a university in South Texas was conducted on Hispanic undergraduate students, and is theory based—an application of…
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