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Exploring Experimental Design: Using hands-on activities to learn about experimental design
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This article presents the basic concepts of experimental design through a series of hands-on activities. This allowed students to focus on one or two fundamental concepts during each activity, reducing the likelihood…
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Green Science: Investigating green—Creating surveys to answer questions
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Being green means different things to different people. Some suggest that being green means saving energy, not wasting paper towels, going solar, harnessing wind, using less fertilizer, or buying products that are…
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Perspectives: Explaining Science
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We often think of science as exploration and experiment. However, classrooms that portray only this view of science fail to capture an essential feature of science—evidence-based explanation. When scientists encounter…
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The value of art education and its natural tie-in with science promted a principle of a middle school to encourage collaboration between his science teacher and art teacher. Although they were initially apprehensive,…
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In October of 2009, the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineer (CEOSE) held a symposium on Women of Color in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; NSF-OAI). The symposium featured…
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A Message from the NSTA President: Developing a World View for Science Education
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In this section, NSTA President Michael Padilla shares a story reflecting the affect that immigration has had on almost all school systems across the country. He shares his motivation for choosing Developing a World…
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Career of the Month: An interview with Honey Bee Scientist Eric Mussen
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It’s common knowledge that honey bees collect nectar from flowers to make honey. But did you know honey is the only food we consume that is produced by insects? In addition, bees pollinate (fertilize) a staggering one-…
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Science Sampler: Walk this way
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While they themselves may be in constant motion, getting middle school students to really understand the motion shown in distance/time graphs can often be a challenge—but a challenge that must be taken on! In virtually…
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Imagine entering a new classroom and finding your lab materials in complete disarray. Broken bits of metal and shards of glass mirrors are interspersed among live, unlabeled radioactive sources. Splintered metersticks…
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Editor’s Note: Science Fairs and Beyond
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The rigid nature of most science fairs can cause panic among parents, students, and teachers alike over “doing it the right way.” In this issue, we present alternative views of a standard science fair. These views…
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Soil Science in the Digital Age
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Kindergarteners gain meaningful experiences in earth science while learning how to answer questions.
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Scope on the Skies: Solar system update
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Our knowledge of the solar system and of orbital dynamics has undergone some changes as telescope technology improved. This month's Scope on the skies discusses the newest developments within the solar system and…
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Wherever you live, the weather provides a backdrop for studying science, and weather patterns play a critical role in our daily lives. They can determine everything from indoor recess to global economic patterns. This…
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Adding Math to Biology: Teaching the mathematical basis of evolutionary biology
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Without a mathematical understanding of evolutionary theory, we leave students defenseless against shallow arguments and pseudoscience. In this activity, students study normal variation in coral size, and to do the…
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Using Citizen Scientists to Measure the Effects of Ozone Damage on Native Wildflowers
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Since 2004, middle and high school students have been monitoring the effects of ground-level ozone by collecting data on observable leaf injury on cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) and crownbeard (Verbesina…
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