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Original Reporting: Interviews And Surveys
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In this chapter, the authors discuss interviews and surveys from a science literacy standpoint; provides hints for how to conduct both and what to do with the results.
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Channeling Your Inner Science Teacher: Considering Context and Accuracy
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This chapter includes ideas for helping students put information into context (Standard IV) and fact-checking their own and classmates’ articles (Standard V). Up to this point, as we discussed the creation of a news…
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Classifying Birds in the United States
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The purpose of the activity, in this chapter, is to help students understand (1) what counts as a species in the field of biology, (2) some of the various definitions for species that can be used by biologists, and (3)…
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Characteristics of Viruses (Characteristics of Life)
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The purpose of this activity is to help students understand how biologists distinguish between living and nonliving objects. It can also be used to introduce cell theory. This activity will help students learn how to…
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Spontaneous Generation (Cell Theory)
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The purpose of this activity, in this chapter, is to help students understand that all life on Earth arises only through the reproduction of preexisting life and not from nonliving materials. This “life from life”…
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Plant Biomass (Photosynthesis)
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The purpose of this activity is to help students understand the synthesis and source of plant biomass, as well as the process of photosynthesis. This activity also helps students learn how to engage in practices such as…
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Movement of Molecules In or Out of Cells (Osmosis and Diffusion)
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The purpose of this activity is to help students understand the process of osmosis and to understand how a cell membrane acts as a selective barrier. This activity also helps students learn how to engage in practices…
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Liver And Hydrogen Peroxide (Chemical Reactions and Catalysts)
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The purpose of this activity is to help students understand that most cell functions involve chemical reactions and many reactions (including decomposition and synthesis) are made possible by enzymes. This activity also…
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Cell Size And Diffusion (Diffusion)
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The purpose of this activity is to help students understand passive transport in cells (i.e., diffusion and osmosis) and how the size of a cell can impact the time it takes for important molecules to diffuse through a…
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Environmental Influence on Genotypes and Phenotypes (Genetics)
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The purpose of this activity is to help students understand Mendelian genetics and how the environment can influence the phenotypes of organisms. This activity also helps students learn how to engage in practices such…
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Hominid Evolution (Macroevolution)
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The purpose of the activity, in this chapter, is to help students understand hominid evolution and to recognize the challenges of identifying evolutionary relationships between hominid species using fossils. This…
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Plants and Energy (Respiration and Photosynthesis)
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The purpose of this activity is to help students understand how plants use photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into sugar and then use cellular respiration to convert the sugar into a useable form of energy. This…
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Healthy Diet And Weight (Human Health)
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The purpose of this activity is to help students understand the relationship between diet, exercise, weight, and body mass index. This activity also helps students learn how to engage in scientific practices such as…
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Color Variation In Venezuelan Guppies (Mechanisms of Evolution)
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The purpose of the activity, in this chapter, is to help students understand how natural selection, sexual selection, and the interplay between these two mechanisms can shape the traits of a population found in…
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Termite Trails (Animal Behavior)
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The purpose of this activity is to help students understand that some organisms, such as termites, have instinctive inherited behaviors. These inherited instinctive behaviors, which evolved over time through the process…
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