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Any teacher who has had the pleasure of giving students their first view of an image made by a handheld lens will agree that optics is addictive. Seeing how a magnifying glass works, building a telescope, and…
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Home Connections: 'Round and 'Round
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Summer is coming. Hot weather means sandals, ice cream, pool parties, and occasionally really large thunderstorms. Sometimes really powerful thunderstorms produce tornadoes. Tornadoes are the most violent kind of…
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Every Day Science: November 2010
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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By using the writing process to explore science, students and teachers can find new ways of clarifying, revising, and consolidating knowledge. To achieve this goal, try using The Writing in Science Wheel activity…
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Using Interactive Science Notebooks for Inquiry-Based Science
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Tired of finding students' work overflowing from the garbage can on the last day of school? Try using an Interactive Science Notebook approach to help students make connections to their learning. This approach…
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Three-dimensional illusions offer an ideal and motivating arena for computer technology applications, visual processing investigations, art and science connections, and fun. By offering experience in optical illusions,…
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College and university science programs generate hazardous waste that must be dealt with and disposed of in accordance with state and federal regulations. During a recent renovation and addition project for the State…
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Blast Off into Space Science with Fuses
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Batteries and bulbs electrify middle school students. In fact, one of the most engaging activities in the authors’ classroom is building fuses. When it comes time for students to close the circuits and let the sparks…
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Alzheimer’s Disease Under Scrutiny
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After reading a newspaper article on Alzheimer’s disease, an incurable medical problem involving gradual and debilitating loss of memory, students examine the key elements of the scientific method as conveyed in the…
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The Great Dinosaur Feud: Science Against All Odds
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In the 19th century, the race to uncover dinosaur fossils and name new dinosaur species inspired two rival scientists, Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh, to behave in ways that were the antithesis of…
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Science 101: What's Really Going on in Electric Circuits?
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. In this month’s issue the author explores electric circuits.
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The Early Years: More than Messing Around with Magnets
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This article focuses on magnets and teaching the nature of science. The predicting and testing students do in this month's activity also relate to Science and Children's theme in this issue, teaching the nature of…
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Speedway Science: NASCAR helps enhance a teacher education program
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In the beginning, the New Visions Education Program did not include science as part of its curriculum. In this article, a teacher teams up with NASCAR and Cornell University to develop a challenging science curriculum…
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Fostering Science Education in an Online Environment: Are We There Yet?
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This article describes how science and science education faculty at the University of Massachusetts and veteran K–12 science teachers designed Science Education Online—an online, graduate-level program for elementary…
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Guest Editorial: Inquiry, Process Skills, and Thinking in Science
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Inquiry is central to science education today. But understanding its many nuances is still an issue according to research (Flick and Lederman 2004). And understanding is the first step to implementations. In this…
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