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Editor's Corner: Create a Sense of Belonging
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the mentoring of new teachers.
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I Lost the Answer Key! Authentic science flourishes when a teacher loses the prepared answer key
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A popular exploratory activity is “Mystery Powders,” a chemistry investigation during which students identify the composition of white, powdery mixtures. In this article, the teacher loses the key to the mystery powders…
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The Early Years: Inquiry Follow-Up
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this month’s issue, young children go birding to observe and document their natural world. Children will not only practice…
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Retaining Undergraduate Women in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering
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The purpose of this research study was to examine the effectiveness of a program in retaining women in science, mathematics, and engineering majors. Undergraduate women participating in a support and mentoring program…
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Science 101: Do plants communicate?
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Oh yes. Sometimes their conversation is flowery, sometimes not. Plants with problems try to converse and get to the root of the problem, but if not, they have been known to stalk one another. This often creates a…
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Commentary: Learning with Virtual Skies
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An opinion piece about NASA"s Virtual Skies website developed with the goal of teaching aviation concepts to high school students. This article features two lessons designed to help students apply current genetics…
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Watching the Pot to Improve Inquiry Skills
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The International Boiling Point Project is an online, collaborative project for students in grades 6–12 in which they investigate the impact of four factors (room temperature, elevation, volume of water and heating…
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Commentary: Leading Beyond the Classroom
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Science and science education have had many great leaders, some of whom may not have thought of themselves as leaders while engaged in their work. This holds true for many teachers, who think they do not have the time…
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Making Connections Through Conversation
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First graders explore the circle of life through observations of animals in their habitats.
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How to form a study group to examine the Next Generation Science Standards, second public draft.
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The project described here involved the design, implementation, and evaluation of an upper-level, undergraduate elective course for science majors. Specific course goals were to help students gain an appreciation of the…
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Message from the NSTA President: Imagine and Invent—Create a Great Future
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The time is right for an emphasis on imagination and innovativeness in science education, both in students and in teachers. Change now dominates our economy and culture, and can only be realized through imagination and…
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Tried and True: Cell organelle employment advertisements
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Are you looking for a creative way to teach the functions of cell organelles? If you answered yes, then organelle employment advertisements are just what you need. During this project, students must create an employment…
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A Flight Simulator Program Takes Off
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Aviation concepts, including forces acting on an airplane, navigation, correct aircraft terminology, and general aviation vocabulary, are often part of a comprehensive fifth-grade aviation curriculum. But in one school…
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A well-structured independent literature research project with a poster session was used to introduce students to peer-reviewed literature in a general chemistry course. Overall, students reported an enhanced…
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