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  • Brewing Science: Using Beer and the Brewing Process to Stimulate Interest in Science and the Science Laboratory

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    Following the brewing process from grain to glass, this course uses the biological and chemical principles of brewing to teach science to the nonscience major. Discussion of the scientific aspects of malting, mashing,…

  • Artist as Chemist

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    All artists are chemists. Artists understand and study the properties of specific materials and find ways to explore these properties to express views of themselves and the world around them. In this curriculum unit,…

  • Ask the Experts -- Summer 2006

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    The experts address the question, "Why do yellow and blue make green when we mix colors?" and "Why does infrared light make skin feel warm, when ultraviolet light in fact has higher energy?"

  • Editor's Corner: Convention Fever

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

  • Scope on the Skies: Apparent Sizes, or "It was this big!"

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    This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses specific astronomic events that were highly publicized.

  • Safer Science: Waste Not, Want Not

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    This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses what to do with laboratory waste.

  • How Do Our Actions Affect Water Quantity and Quality?

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    Water is an essential resource for all living things. How we live on our watershed can impact water quantity and quality. It is important to recognize how humans alter watershed dynamics, but students often find it…

  • Idea Bank: Periodic Table of Cereal Boxes

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    Do you find that helping students to understand the concept of periodicity to be a difficult task? If so, try implementing this introductory activity that was developed to increase students' understanding of periodicity…

  • Career of the Month: An Interview With Medical Diagnostics Scientist Bernhard Weigl

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    Medical diagnostics help us evaluate a range of disorders, such as cancer and infectious diseases. In the United States and other developed countries, doctors have access to advanced equipment and laboratories that…

  • Drawing to Learn Morphology in a Fish Taxonomy Laboratory: The Allure of a Taxonomy Course that Embraces Multiple Learning Processes

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    Taxonomy laboratories typically emphasize learning by rote memorization. In place of memorization, however, the authors designed a laboratory notebook exercise that employs drawing and close observation for a better…

  • Sense of Wonder Science

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    Kids who do hands-on science are eager to talk about, write about, and read about their experiences. Those of us who have tried it know that this is true, but it’s still one of the best-kept secrets of the world of…

  • Everyday Engineering: What Makes a Bic Click?

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    The ballpoint pen is an ideal example of simple engineering that we use everyday. But is it really so simple? The ballpoint pen is a remarkable combination of technology and science. Its operation uses several…

  • Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: Books published in 2003

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    The books that appear in this annotated bibliography were selected as Outstanding Trade Books published in 2003. They are intended primarily for kindergarten through twelfth grade. They were selected by members of a…

  • Box Up Your Habitat

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    The Envirobox Project involved a total of six classes (first- through fifth-grades) from around the United States sending each other a shoebox containing six to ten environmental samples. The boxes contained items such…

  • Methods and Strategies: It's Child's Play

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    This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses a novel way to use play to teach shadows.

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