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Securing a “Voice”: The Environmental Science Summer Research Experience for Young
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Roland Park Country School is an urban college preparatory school for students in grades K–12 located in Baltimore, Maryland. An independent all-girls school, the institution maintains a commitment to community outreach…
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Two settings build the premise for this chapter and comprise the Connecting Humans and Nature through Conservation Experiences (CHANCE) program. The first setting is a summer field course in Costa Rica and the second is…
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Engaging Students in Content Learning
and Scientific Critique Through a Nanoscience ContextBook Chapter |
Nanoscience is increasingly visible in scientific endeavors, new technologies, and engineered products. Citizens and students must develop a sense of what constitutes scientific evidence of the positive and negative…
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As in many other education jurisdictions, environmental education in Ontario is infused throughout the science curriculum. This infusion requires students to not only understand the science behind environmental issues,…
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An “HOLA” Approach to Learning Science
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Implementing classroom instructional strategies that lend themselves to both unidimensional assessments and alternative assessments provide evidence of proficiency that can satisfy both school and student learning…
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Project-Based After-School Science in New York City
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In this chapter, the authors report on how inner city high school students learn science through participation in an after-school science program called Explore! Project-based science instruction (PBSI) was used as the…
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Students as Scientists: Guidelines for Teaching Science Through Disciplinary Inquiry
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Teaching Science as Inquiry (TSI) provides a foundation for engaging both teachers and students in disciplinary inquiry. This chapter describes a framework of teaching and learning developed to help overcome the…
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“Who Ate Our Corn?” We Want to Know and So Should You!
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“Who ate our corn?” sounds like a simple enough question but is designed to intrigue students and launch them on a quest to find answers and to ask more questions. That is the goal of the Future Scientists Program…
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Applications of Biology as Part of a Preservice Program for Science
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The Applications of Biology course provides students with the opportunity to apply scientific information in making decisions about real-world issues. Within the context of the course, students are introduced to an…
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Goal 3 of the National Science Education Standards (NSES) calls for students to “engage intelligently in public discourse and debate about matters of scientific and technological concern” (NRC 1996, p. 13). The unit…
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Academy: Learning About Science and the Environment Inside and Outside the ClassroomBook Chapter |
Taking students outside of the classroom is recognized as a valid and important pedagogical practice; however, teachers at all levels feel challenged when faced with integrating informal, outdoor, and community settings…
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Developing Students’ Sense of Purpose With a Driving Question Board
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The Driving Question Board (DQB) is an organizing tool used in the project-based curriculum described in this study, which serves as a visual organizer for all the curriculum’s contextualizing features. In this chapter…
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Communic–Able: Writing to Learn About Emerging Diseases
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High school students in a seven-week writing-intensive project at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health serve as research apprentices. This project focuses on students in need of additional…
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Science Beyond the Laboratory: The Intriguing Career Paths of 14 Scientists and Engineers
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A planetary scientist working on human rights issues? A bird brain researcher hosting a radio show? In this chapter, the authors present vignettes of real scientists who found themselves traveling unique career paths…
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Changes Needed in Science Education for Attracting More Students to STEM Careers
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Dr. Alberts’s editorials—Why I Became a Scientist; On Becoming a Scientist; Prioritizing Science Education; Reframing Science Standards; and An Education That Inspires—provide a “setting” for meeting Goal Four of the…
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