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Field and Natural Science: A Blend of Content and Pedagogy for Preservice Teachers
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This article describes a field biology course specifically designed for students planning to teach in the elementary or middle-level grades. The fundamental goal of the course is to improve students’ science literacy…
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STS Simulations: Engaging students with issues-based scenarios
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Science-Technology-Society (STS) issues-based simulations present science education in an appropriate context for all students. In STS issues-based simulations, students are presented with a controversial issue to…
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Scope on Safety: Small Microbes Pose Big Problems
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses health risks from using harmful microbes in the lab.
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Natural Resources: What’s Bugging You?
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Unless they are biting us—or wowing us in some way—insects are often overlooked, despite vastly outnumbering us and being vital to our existence. Fortunately, there are many ways to focus the curiosity of children about…
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Connecting science with different cultures is one way to interest students in science, to relate science to their lives, and at the same time to broaden their horizons in a variety of ways. In the lesson described here…
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Tech Trek: Hang up and learn—Cell phones in the science classroom
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In some schools, cell phones have to be turned off or perhaps kept in lockers to avoid misuse. But the authors hope to demonstrate in this article how they can be used under supervision to assist learning. There is no…
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Constructivism has become a widely understood and broadly accepted learning theory. Constructivism contends that each of us makes sense of our world by connecting new experiences to our existing understandings. Learners…
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Musical Acoustics Scientist James Beauchamp
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When we think of sound, several things come to mind, from irritating noises to our favorite songs. Musical acoustics is the scientific study of sound as it relates to music. Some musical acousticians research how…
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Brain Awareness Day: A Service-Learning Experience in Neuroscience
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Three local colleges in the Lehigh Valley collaborate on a service-learning project called Brain Awareness Day to enhance neuroscience literacy among the public regarding the functions of the brain and benefits of brain…
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This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. In this month’s issue, learn about the Advanced Placement (AP) Program and how high school and college/university…
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Safer Science: Safer Administrative Procedures
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How often are your eyewash stations flushed? Do all of your school’s science labs have a direct line of communication with the front office and outside support officials? These and other questions are the focus of what…
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Revising Instruction to Teach Nature of Science
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Despite numerous attempts, including the major curricular reform efforts of the 1960s to improve students’ understandings about the scientific endeavor, students have consistently been shown to possess inadequate…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Seeing Stars
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The winter months are a great time to make observations of several familiar constellations. While there’s no scientific reason to “know” the constellations—they are simply imaginative pictures imposed on stars—studying…
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The community college transfer pathway is vital for students pursuing 4-year degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields today. The study discussed in this article focused on the important role of…
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Editor's Corner: Have You Hugged Your Student Teacher Today?
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares helpful hints for science teachers who have "student teachers" in their classroom.
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