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Teacher’s Toolkit: A blueprint for cultivating inquiry
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Scientific inquiry, a methodology that can trace its roots back to the time and teachings of Socrates, has been an elusive and evolving part of our education lexicon for many years. The Socratic approach to teaching, in…
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This article provides three practical approaches to increase reading-to-learn competencies and student science achievement. These approaches also provide valuable information about student understanding of content.
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Scope on Safety: Is Greener Cleaner?
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses cleaning the laboratory with green cleaners.
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Dinosaurs in the middle school classroom can be exciting. These extinct reptiles are both an exotic subject and familiar to our students. Because students are inherently interested, dinosaurs can serve as an effective…
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Middle school students in a rural Illinois school visualized and learned more about landforms after making a relief model from a topographic map. They achieved a deeper understanding of topography as the representation…
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Case Study: Applying Newton's Third Law of Motion in the Gravitron Ride
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this month’s issue students learn about centripetal and frictional…
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Science 101: Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
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On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto was no longer a planet, but rather a "dwarf planet". Our understanding of the solar system has not undergone any radical changes, our…
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Favorite Demonstration: Illustrating Heterochrony and Heterotopy
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This article describes an inexpensive, simple method using balloons to demonstrate heterochrony and heterotopy in the classroom. The method can be used to supplement lectures and assigned readings for a course,…
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The Golden Age of Islam and Science Teaching
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The National Science Education Standards recognize that students could greatly benefit from learning the relationship of science to mathematics and to technology. Helping teachers, preservice teachers, and students…
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Ask the Experts -- April/May 2005
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In this month's Ask the Experts column, the following questions are addressed: "Why does metal feel cold? And why are metals shiny?" and "Why does the United States use different electrical standards compared to Europe…
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Editor's Corner: The Standard Classroom
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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Favorite Demonstration: Demonstrating an Interactive Genetic Drift Exercise
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The exercise presented here is a hands-on demonstration of the phenomenon of genetic drift in populations. In particular, it reinforces the random nature of drift and demonstrates the effect that population size can…
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And the Winners Are… Award-Winning Science Books of 2009
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With no big television presence or golden statues, the awards given for outstanding science writing are certainly less well-known recognitions of achievement. However, several prestigious and sizable monetary awards…
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By introducing the Hands-On Science Program at Hanson Park Elementary School in Chicago, performance improved and the fear of teaching science turned into excitement. The message is clear—develop a passion and it can…
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Science 101: What and how do insects see?
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Insect vision is both simple and complex. It’s simple in that insects can’t focus and generally see a blur. It’s complex in that insects are very good at detecting motion, they can see in almost any direction, they can…
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