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Scope on the Skies: Ancient Skies
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Writing this month’s column is quite literally a once in a millennium opportunity. As the New Year, century, and millennium get underway, many of us are wondering what lies ahead. But before we take look at the evening…
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Editor's Roundtable: Do state standardized science tests bring out the Chicken Little in us?
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Recently, discussions of state standardized science tests have been spreading anxiety and dread in science department meetings and teacher lounges across the country. Before you run for cover in anticipation of the…
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Elementary school teachers and university researchers combine their expertise to help students construct an understanding of force—and discover something of the nature of science in the process. Second- and third-grade…
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This overnight camp for girls provided opportunity for outdoor adventures while building science process skills and interest in science careers. Students participated in activities relating to ecology.
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Safety First: Getting Wired on Safety
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This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom. This month's issue discusses safety when doing electrical activities.
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Methods and Strategies: Strategy Makeover—K-W-L to T-H-C
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The K-W-L strategy works well as a preassessment tool because it reveals what students know and want to learn about a topic before instruction and as a postassessment tool because it fosters reflection. Minor…
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A Versatile Module to Improve Understanding of Scientific Literature Through Peer Instruction
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Using primary literature in undergraduate science classes helps teach students both scientific information and process. However, students’ lack of understanding of scientific techniques can hinder their understanding of…
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Methods and Strategies: Birds of a Feather . . .
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue investigates birds.
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More Space Shuttle Experiments Take Flight
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In the November/December 1997 issue of Science and Children, the article “Space Shuttle Experiments Take Flight” described a unique industry mentorship program that enabled elementary students and their teachers to…
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Incorporating dramatizations into science classes is a useful strategy for demonstrating phenomena that are difficult or impossible to observe directly. The dramatizations are designed to help students learn by…
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This Q&A style column provides up-to-date information on current health topics—helping students (and teachers) make healthy choices. This month’s issue helps students understand the consequences of concussions.
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One fifth-grade class builds their science-process skills while exploring nanotechnology. Students researched the technology that makes this fabric stain-resistant to common staining agents. In the process, students…
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It’s that time of year again, when avoiding the flu is on everyone’s mind. As we brace ourselves for possible flu outbreaks, the need to understand biological issues related to this virus becomes clear. Through modeling…
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How Middle School Students Come Face to Face With Down Syndrome Research
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This article discusses how real research on Down syndrome, being done in a lab at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), was incorporated into a laboratory activity for middle school students. The…
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Journeying "Down the Rabbit Hole"
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As part of a science methods course, a group of preservice teachers was challenged to develop an understanding of science as inquiry. By selecting an object and conducting a series of seasonal observations of how that…
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