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Science Sampler: The Plant Feastival
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The Plant Feastival is a celebration of the plants we use as food. It is a culminating activity for the plant unit, during which students participate in the “Great Plant Race” and prepare a research project on a food…
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Guest Editorial: Elementary Science Education in the K–12 System
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Elementary science is a critical part of the K–12 science education system. Tragically, the enactment of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has greatly diminished the time spent on teaching science in many elementary schools.…
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Setting the Stage for Good Group Dynamics in Semester-Long Projects in the Sciences
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Many studies show students benefit from working cooperatively. Rarely published in STEM literature are guidelines to help educators effectively incorporate research teams in the classroom. We explain how to create a…
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Learn more about the life cycle of a virus and simulate the spread of a cold throughout your classroom. This article features a mini-unit developed around a theme that every student can relate to—the common cold.
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Teaching Through Trade Books: You Are What You Eat!
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Kids today have a dizzying array of food choices, but choosing healthily is a challenge. Making wise choices is essential in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. This month’s topic of healthy foods fits into science nicely…
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Using Biographies in Science Class
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One fifth grade teacher recalls the conversations that took place in grad school regarding the nature of science and science as a human endeavor after her fifth grade students inquired about what a scientist looks like…
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The Nature of Science in Popular Nonfiction
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To help make science relevant to student’s everyday lives, the authors required their 10th-grade summer school students to read selections from a popular nonfiction science book. By doing so, they were able to promote…
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Teaching Failure in the Laboratory
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Many undergraduate science students are misled by “cookbook” laboratory experiments that make science appear to be easy and to always yield anticipated results. This is a direct consequence of the pedagogical approach…
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Nanomedicine: Problem Solving to Treat Cancer
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Students rarely have the opportunity to delve into the unknown and brainstorm solutions to cutting-edge, unsolved science problems that affect thousands of people. To counter this trend, the following activity was…
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Isn’t forcing faculty to serve as evaluators of peers a lot to expect? To assign tenured professors to evaluate their colleagues is also not fair when the work is nerve racking, the time is demanding, and the stakes are…
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With the use of technology such as Global Positioning System (GPS) units and Google Earth for a simple-machine scavenger hunt, you will transform a standard identification activity into an exciting learning experience…
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Editor's Corner: Students in Space
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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A Matter of Taste: Investigating sensory modalities in the protozoan <i>Paramecium</i>
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Scientists have always searched for good "model" systems to study the major sensory modalities—vision, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. This article casts the spotlight on an ideal organism for studying many of these…
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Many recipes for elementary science activities suggest making carbon dioxide from baking soda and vinegar; however, they often do not give exact measurements of the ingredients. The author was able to turn this “…
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Send Your Students to MARS for Their Next Research Project
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Alleviate the fear often associated with research papers through this interdisciplanary project that incorporates community support and technology into a fascinating discovery of the planet Mars.
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