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Scope on the Skies: Celestial grid system
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The “coordinate system” in the sky is essentially an extension of the Earth’s surface-based system of latitude and longitude. There are celestial poles and a celestial equator and, just like parallels of latitude on…
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Editor's Roundtable: Where are we now? (January 2005)
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Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), two major international studies of achievement in science and mathematics, provide insights and an opportunity…
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The Early Years: Shining Light on Misconceptions
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses investigations of light.
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The author examines important issues related to A Framework for K–12 Science Education, the Standards, and college teachers.
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The Early Years: Documenting Learning
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Children’s work documents their thinking and the details they note as they learn more. Over time, by drawing, dictating, or writing about their observations, children can reveal and deepen their understanding of science…
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Satellite Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs
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Coral reefs are one of the most endangered ecosystems as coral reef coverage has declined dramatically in the past three decades. In recent years, satellite remote sensing has become a popular and effective mapping tool…
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Science classes are an appropriate place for students to examine relevant ethical problems. Nutrition science classes, in particular, discuss current scientific information as well as ethical issues, such as cultural…
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Science Sampler: Chemical weathering—Where did the rocks go?
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This lesson is part of a larger Earth science unit that combines the concepts of the rock cycle and the water cycle and how they interact to change landforms. The authors refer to it as the “make it and then break it”…
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Reading, Writing, and Rings! was created by a team of elementary teachers, literacy experts, and scientists in order to integrate science and literacy. These free units bring students inside NASA’s Cassini-Huygens…
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Simple Machine Science Centers
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One solution to the common challenge of teaching physical science for teachers who are not confident with the subject matter or comfortable with the material is inquiry based science centers. Science centers can engage…
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Science Sampler: Walking Out Graphs
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In the Walking Out Graphs Lesson described here, students experience several types of representations used to describe motion, including words, sentences, equations, graphs, data tables, and actions. The most important…
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Adults and children of all ages and cultures have either seen a kite or have flown one. Why not use this common pastime to teach some of the simple laws of aerodynamics? Making kites and then flying them can motivate…
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Making Sense of Dinosaur Tracks
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Use observations and inferences to devise evidence-based explanations for sets of dinosaur tracks.
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Editor's Corner: News Flash—<em>Science Is Important</em>
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This issue of The Science Teacher is our attempt to give you some tools to move the understanding of science to the majority, to help provide a more secure future for the scientific habit mind. In our classes, we must…
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This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes the job of a mechanical engineer.
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