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Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer Reading
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Whether your summer includes travel to far away places or day trips to familiar haunts, this time of change should also be a time of professional growth. Whatever path you walk this summer, take along a book. You may…
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In this column the leadership of the Society for College Science Teaching (SCST) shares its views with JCST readers. This month’s issue features information on the fundamentals of teaching waste management, which is…
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Tried and True: Spooky suspects
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This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue presents an option for covering biology content while engaging students in an investigation that highlights the spirit of…
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Science 101: How do we know protons, electrons, and quarks really exist?
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Scientific explanations often make use of things we cannot see or feel, such as protons, electrons, and quarks. Do these really exist? If so, how do we know they exist?
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Editor's Corner: Making Sense of the World
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In this month's Editor's Corner, the Field Editor paints a vivid word picture to describe the theme in this month's edition of The Science Teacher, which is the blending of art and science to help students make sense of…
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Scope on the Skies: A busy school year for spacecraft
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. In this month’s issue learn about the busy year for spacecraft as well.
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Tech Trek: Who solved the longitude problem?
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This activity is a practical example of how a middle school science teacher can use a variety of media to conduct an in-depth exploration.
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In this case, students enter the world of a forensic anthropologist who must determine the sex and age of an individual from a collection of bones. Students, in turn, simulate some of the actual procedures conducted in…
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Students of all ages are fascinated by space because it represents a mysterious frontier, and rockets excite students because they represent the means by which scientists learn about this frontier, through satellites or…
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Science Education and ESL Students
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The authors examine the challenges ESL students experience in learning science and provide a lesson plan and assessment to overcome the obstacles ESL students face in the science classroom. The authors then summarize…
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Science Sampler: Sinking and floating—Bringing math to the surface
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The concept of density underlies the explanation for a variety of natural phenomena such as weather patterns and plate tectonics. However, we often find that although students can identify the formula d = m/v, they are…
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Excavating Cratering: Bringing a NASA mission into Earth science classrooms
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The author brings NASA research on excavating a crater into the science classroom in the form of an inquiry investigation. Students begin to see that science, even NASA mission-size science, is something they can do.…
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Science 101: How do the new fluorescent lightbulbs work?
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This is a timely question; given that in 2012 incandescent bulbs (the regular lightbulbs you’ve used for many years) won’t meet energy efficiency standards and will be phased out. To address the question, the author…
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Methods and Strategies: Being Deliberate About Concept Development
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In order to move students’ thinking from the exploration experiences to concept understanding (and thus the ability to then apply that understanding), teachers must deliberately consider students’ misconceptions, the…
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Current Research: Summer Reading Suggestions
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To supplement your summer reading, NSTA’s affiliates would like to suggest some recent articles on education research. These articles cover a variety of topics that include diversity, technology, and science teacher…
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