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Research and Teaching: Expectations and Difficulties of First-Year Biology Students
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In a study done at Tel-Aviv University, Israel, the author tracked 410 students who majored in biological sciences. He focused on different variables, such as students’ preferred instructional methods and learning…
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Research and Teaching: Factors Affecting Participation in Traditional and Inquiry-Based Laboratories
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The authors studied participation, achievement, and attitude in cookbook and inquiry-based, introductory biology laboratories through observations, interviews, and attitude/knowledge surveys. A positive relationship,…
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Solar Paths: An International and Integrated Look at the Sun and Seasons
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Some of the most difficult concepts for students to understand in Earth science are the ideas and explanations related to the Sun and seasons. The daily rotation of the Earth causes day and night, and the differences of…
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Building a Scientist-Science Educator Collaboration: Establishing the Inquiry Institute
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This article describes the development of the Inquiry Institute, a collaboration of scientists from a science department and science educators from a school of education. The history of the institute and the benefits to…
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Scope on the Skies: In the Middle
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. In this month’s issue the author discusses the interstellar medium.
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This set of lessons is designed to be carried out in all of the subject-area classes. Science lessons are expanded and taught in social studies, math, and language arts classes. This highlights the far-reaching impact…
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In the Footsteps of Archimedes: Archimedes' fabled experiment leads to discoveries about density
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In this article, an activity is created where students find the mass of a sample of copper with the stipulation that they can use anything in the lab other than a balance. Students are given paper cups of copper shot…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Science Measures Up
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Can you measure a dog’s tail in dog biscuits? Can you measure a desk without a ruler? Which is better: measuring a room in paces or meters? Which system of measurement do scientists use? This month’s column explores…
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Science 101: How are skyscrapers designed?
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Building a structure that stands hundreds or thousands of feet in the air incorporates all aspects of the design process. There are clear goals, constraints, and trade-offs. Here the author does his best to describe…
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The Ozone Show: Using a talk show format as an authentic assessment
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Instructors are constantly searching for more authentic ways of assessing student work. Authentic assessments model activities students might perform in the outside world. As a concluding activity of a unit on the hole…
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This article describes solar activities in detail and provides a model for teachers who wish to replicate these activities in their classroom.
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One effective way to teach connections among body systems is using a problem-based approach. The authors developed an activity to help students understand the relationships of various body systems in the common event of…
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How <em>Not</em> to Teach Historical Cases in Science
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Not all methods of applying history to teaching science are valid. Rational reconstructions, in particular, present idealized and misleading models. Short vignettes or anecdotes can oversimplify science. Recovering…
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The Webb Schools break down the barriers that deter intelligent young women from studying science. The GIRLS Science Camp (GIRLS stands for gifted, intelligent, real-life scientists) is a week-long program where a…
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Creationism/Evolution: The Case AGAINST “Equal Time”
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Many evolutionary biologists argue that the best defense against creationist theory is no defense—that to recognize the creationist viewpoint is, in a sense, to legitimize it. Recent vigorous and vocal campaigns on…
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