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  • Creating Science Websites

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    A website design project challenges students’ creativity and motivates them to learn.

  • Making Waves

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    Exploring the Earth with seismology.

  • Connecting Science and Technology

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    Exploring the Nature of Science using historical short stories.

  • Learning Lichens

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    Students investigate this fascinating composite organism growing in the school yard.

  • Editor's Corner: Smartphones: Challenge or Opportunity?

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    The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.

  • Science 2.0: Choosing a 3-D Printer

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    This column shares web tools that support learning. Last month the authors discussed using a 3-D printer to help teach design thinking. This month they look more closely at the printers themselves. Although 3-D printers…

  • Focus on Physics: Radiant Energy and Global Warming

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    This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. This month's article discusses electromagnetic radiation.

  • Idea Bank: Using Apps That Support Scientific Practices

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    The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. For this article, the authors analyzed 93 educational applications (apps) that have the potential to help students meaningfully…

  • Idea Bank: The Art of Chemistry

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    The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This article describes a research-based investigation in which students explore chemical reactivity in the context of artistic…

  • Career of the Month: Social Media Manager

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    This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Kelly Owen's career path to becoming a Social Media Manager.

  • Right to the Source: How the Telegraph Changed the World

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    Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This month's issue discusses the 1853 map of telegraph stations in the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia.

  • Marvelous Metals Matter!

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    A STEAM Lesson for fifth graders incorporates the Engineering Design Process.

  • Bringing Back Our Bayou Chico

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    Using the Universal Design for Learning framework to support all learners

  • Sounds of Science

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    Accommodating students who are deaf or hard of hearing in a unit on sound

  • Ramps, Balls, and Measuring Distance—For All

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    Ensuring meaningful access to science curriculum for students with physical disabilities

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