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Research and Teaching: Contemporary Student Attitudes About Mathematics, Science, and Technology
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To more effectively educate their students at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, the authors developed a new, integrated science and mathematics curriculum (Deeds 1999) that emphasizes the nature of science and how…
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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, the activity shows students that mitosis is a cycle.
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Idea Bank: Getting Up to Speed
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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, the author discusses the common high school physics activity of calculating walking speed. The author…
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Role-playing is an effective summative activity that aids student learning and integrates science information and concepts. The authors describe the use of a role-play activity. Senate hearings centered around the theme…
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Idea Bank: Climate Change Inquiries
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How can students engage in authentic inquiry on global climate change if they are not able to do the actual experiments? Many questions about climate change emerge over large areas and long periods of time. The good…
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Idea Bank: Tips and techniques for creative teaching
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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank the focus is on density slicing—an important analytical tool that allows students to do project work in a…
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This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue highlights the new approaches to teaching and learning biology.
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Science Shorts: A Matter of Volume
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You may have frozen water in a bottle to take hiking or camping. Perhaps you’ve had the unfortunate experience of filling the bottle too full and discovering that the ice burst out of its container. This change in…
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Science 101: How do animals navigate during migration?
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Migrating animals do amazing things. Homing pigeons can find their way “home” across hundreds of miles; salmon return to their spawning location thousands of miles away; turtles travel over eight thousand miles to lay…
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Home Connections: Demystifying Mixtures
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The subject of chemistry makes most people think of an elaborate laboratory, but investigating chemistry concepts does not require expensive equipment or chemicals. You can perform some of the same tests scientists do…
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Introducing <i>A Framework for K–12 Science Education</i>: A Message to Our Members
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The author gives an overview of the National Research Council's newly released A Framework for K–12 Science Education.
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Shrimp Farming in the Classroom
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In inquiry-based instruction, discovery and learning belong to the students. In this exploration, jumbo shrimp are the source of inspiration. The magic in this project lies not in successfully culturing these shrimp,…
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Libros de Ciencias en Español (2008)
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From well-designed series with colorful illustrations and easy-to-read Spanish texts for the very young, to exquisite publishers’ series with eye-catching, close-up photos about the world of animals, to clear…
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Scope on Safety: Hammering home Earth-science safety
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Kids love to cut up, tear apart, and smash things in order to study them. This is one reason they get so excited about the opportunity to study rocks and minerals in the lab or out in the field. Although this can…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Talking Trees
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Students love outdoor activities and will love them even more when they build confidence in their tree identification and measurement skills. The activities in this month's Teaching Through Trade Books column help…
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