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This study summarizes the comparison of interactive lecturing and technology-supported student-centered pedagogy across six semesters of an introductory physical geology course. A multiple linear regression analysis of…
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Biology Teaching Assistants (TAs) were tasked with transitioning and adapting their instruction to an online environment by quickly implementing Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) practices.…
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Value Creation in a Pedagogically-focused Faculty Online Learning Community
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Faculty online learning communities (FOLCs) can help faculty effectively adopt and persist in using research-based curricula. This paper documents faculty perspectives on the value they gained from participating in a…
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The development of web-based technologies in recent decades has provided ready access to a wealth of on-line educational resources, and despite concerns that availability of on-line recorded lectures impacts on-campus…
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Dyeing to Last: Using Natural Dyes to Create an Ideal Fabric
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In this project-based lesson, students explore how chemistry concepts relate to creative expression by investigating a variety of dyeing conditions. Through sequenced discussions and investigations, students arrive at a…
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Fieldwork Fridays: Connecting Scientific Learning to Nature
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Building routines around place-based learning allows students to apply their scientific learning to nature and form a connection with their local environment and the species in it over the course of a school year. Each…
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Snapshot Safari: Elephant Edition
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Citizen Science article for the September/ October 2024 issue of Science Scope
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Using Conferences to Give Students a Sense of Belonging
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Conducting student conferences similar to those used by English Language Arts teachers to improve reading skills can give middle school science students a sense of belonging and ownership in science. Once a set of…
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Integrating Careers Into Your NGSS Lessons
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Middle school is a critical time when students form ideas and preferences regarding careers they might pursue. Employers sometimes have difficulties filling STEM job openings, yet students often are not even aware these…
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Scope on the Skies regular column. An SEL-based look at comets, their impact on society, and how they are named.
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Expanding Language Use: Supporting Emergent Multilingual Learners’ Sensemaking in Science
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Students bring with them rich cultural and linguistic ways of knowing and communicating when engaged in figuring out explanations of phenomena. However, it is a challenge for teachers to support bi/multilingual learners…
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Meeting the Needs of the Refugee Students in Your Science Classroom
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Your new student roster includes refugee students. You want to communicate with them and make them feel welcome in their new science classroom; however, given their limited English and traumatic experiences that are…
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Social-Emotional Learning in the Science Classroom
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In the face of the escalating climate crisis, effective climate education is imperative, not only for imparting knowledge, but also for inspiring action. This paper explores innovative strategies for teaching climate…
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Determining the Relative Mass Between the Nucleus and Electrons Modeling Lab
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Freshman general science students already know the atom is composed of a nucleus containing protons and neutrons with electron circling the nucleus. This hands-on modeling lab allows students to visualize and discover…
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