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Research and Teaching: Incorporating Active Learning Techniques Into a Genetics Class
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We revised a sophomore-level genetics class to more actively engage the students in their learning. The students worked in groups on quizzes using the Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique (IF-AT) and active-learning…
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Science teachers often seem to serve two masters—the drive for producing science specialists and the drive for general science education. So, what is the goal of science education? In this article, the issue is…
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“Science is About Facts,” or Is It? Changing Student Conceptions About the Nature of Science
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This paper analyzes some of the issues in teaching and learning in an introductory physical science course to a group of nonscience majors: elementary teacher education students. In particular, it examines the influence…
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Recycle Used Oil on America Recycles Day
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Motor oil doesn’t wear out—it just gets dirty. Students and the general public may not know that used oil can be reused or recycled. The fact is, used oil can be re-fined, blended with additives, and used again. When…
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What better way to bring students “down to earth” than by studying worms? Worms are inexpensive creatures that can be used to create rich science experiences that relate to the National Science Education Standards. This…
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Did you catch it this spring? Less virulent than influenza, but almost as common. Some call the syndrome “Teacher Too Long Inside.” Fortunately, there’s a cure. While you’ve been nurturing, educating, and completing…
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This article presents a model of collaborative inquiry for groups of science teachers who want to systematically improve their practice through analyses of student work. The five-phase APEXST (Advancing High-Leverage…
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Science Sampler: Conceptualizing Moon Phases—Helping students learn how to learn
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Helping students understand how to learn is an important goal for all subjects and levels of education. While this goal is highly regarded, promoting it is extremely difficult. Many times, we as teachers are consumed…
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Science Shorts: Larger Than Life—Introducing Magnifiers
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Even simple technologies can provide important support for the inquiry process. Hand lenses and other magnifiers are ubiquitous technologies in the science classroom. In the following activity, children learn how to use…
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In contrast with statements by institutions and science organizations about why science should be studied, nonscience majors at two- and four-year institutions said they were enrolled in a science course because it was…
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Ask the Experts – February 2007
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In this month’s Ask the Experts column, the Experts address the following two questions: Does the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle serve as the basis for Chaos theory? and Why doesn’t the United States use the metric…
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Students gain a sense of place by learning about their local ecosystem by listening to stories read aloud, doing prairie-related activities, and writing stories of their own.
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Editor’s Corner: Doing Science With PBS
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Project-based science (PBS) is finding a place in more and more secondary school science programs as teachers discover its power to engage students and develop critical-thinking skills. PBS is firmly rooted in…
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Science Shorts: On Observation
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Observation is a foundational process skill that is part of any curriculum. Each of the other science process skills requires that students first make a set of observations. This articles offers information on…
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Scope on the Skies: Sun and Moon upstage each other in October
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This issue of Scope on the Skies sheds light on the partial lunar eclipse and the total lunar eclipse that occurred within two weeks of each other during the month of October, 2004. In addition, it describes the…
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