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The Case Study: The Pima Experience -- Three Easy Pieces
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The Academic Director of a University Honors Program in Buffalo, NY finds himself at Pima Community College, one of the nation's premier minority/majority systems. While working on an NSF grant, it was proposed that…
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A science kit inventory introduces students to tools and vocabulary, paving the way for successful science experiences. While it is an effective strategy for all students, it is especially useful for English Learners.…
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A Native Species Restoration Project
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Get your students involved in the community by researching, collecting, growing, and re-introducing native plants to your area. Find out how students in Arizona landscaped their community using plants that required very…
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The Case Study: Avogadro Goes to Court
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The case study that follows was inspired by a novel assignment that Pace University Professor Carroll Zahn gave to his introductory computer class. The result of this assignment was certainly far different than anything…
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Editor’s Note: Approaching Adaptation
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As students approach adaptations lessons, keep in mind that according to research, most lower-elementary school students are still forming a basic understanding of how animals survive in their environments. For example…
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Bumpy, Sticky, and Shaky: Nanoscale Science and the Curriculum
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Nanoscience, or the study of the world at the size of a billionth of a meter, has the potential to help students see how all of the sciences are related. Behavior of materials at the nanoscale differs from materials at…
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Idea Bank: A Resonance Tube Experiment Using "Boomwhackers"
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Bring the "sound of music" to your science classroom--this activity uses the lengths and fundamental frequencies of a set of resonance tubes to verify the expression for the relationship between these two quantities and…
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Are We Looking at the Same Sun? Exploring the Seasons Using Data Analysis
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Students gather, analyze, and interpret data to understand why the seasons change. This lesson features the 4E x 2 instructional model.
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Adding multimedia slide shows developed by the Genetic Science Learning Center as supplements to the activities you already use in your middle school classroom can help reinforce the concept that evolution is a natural…
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Clear Creek Then and Now: An historical watershed analysis
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Students worked collaboratively with a local council to conduct a watershed analysis of Clear Creek, a tributary to the Clackamas River in Oregon.
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s issue features both medicine and law cases that are real…
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Home Connections: Up Goes the Water
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Have you ever wondered how water performs its gravity-defying act of moving upward from the roots to the leaves of a plant? How does water get all the way up to the top of a tall tree? This month's Home Connections…
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Lessons from The Little Prince
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This article discusses the ways the classic children’s book touches on issues teachers face and suggests analogies between the encounters of the Little Prince and the challenges of making science meaningful for our…
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Teaching through Trade Books: A Habitat Is a Home
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We all have our own habitats, and this month students spend time thinking about what other organisms need to survive, what types of habitats they live in, and how to set up a habitat for a classroom animal.
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Connections Charts and Book Talk Groups
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Making connections is always an important task for teachers. Science teachers are encouraged to connect new learning with students’ prior knowledge, learning with student interests, learning with cultural experiences,…
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