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Science 101: What causes the different states of matter?
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The answer to this could be really simple or really complicated, depending on how deeply the issue is covered. Therefore, the author will dispense with the really complicated by limiting the discussion to solids,…
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Editorial: A Community Challenge -- Career Support for Postdocs
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Those long in the tooth will remember when a typical postdoc appointment was usually a relatively short hiatus between the completion of a dissertation and a more permanent position. Once finished polishing the work,…
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Video Game Level Designer John Feil
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Who would have thought that time spent playing video games could lead to a lucrative career? This was a dream-come-true for John Feil, a Video Game Level Designer at LucasArts--the company that makes Star Wars games. In…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Whoo Eats What?
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue features two stories about owls. Students dissect owl pellets to learn more about an owl's diet.
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The Green Room: Teaching About Energy
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Winter is the perfect time to get students thinking about their energy use and introduce them to conservation methods. Students can monitor the energy use of a classroom appliance and even compete in a nationwide energy…
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Common supermarket items, such as contact lens cleaner and meat tenderizer, are used to demonstrate the digestion of proteins as part of enzymatic reactions. This lab is designed to present enzymes as common, abundant,…
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Wetland ecology is a complex subject that draws from several scientific disciplines. While classroom lectures are necessary to teach the vast body of scientific data, there is no substitute for field and laboratory…
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Self-assessment is a win-win evaluation system. Evaluees, not the department or university, control the process by selecting the evaluation criteria. Self-assessment also eliminates the uncomfortable and burdensome task…
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Tech Trek: Personal digital assistants
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The personal digital assistant (PDA) is rapidly becoming an essential classroom tool. This article provides an overview of some of the science related programs available to classroom teachers.
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The Prepared Practitioner: Why Theories <em>Never</em> Become Laws
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One of teaching’s challenges comes when the teacher communicates clearly and students appear to understand—but instead students ascribe different meanings to the words than intended by the teacher. This happens often…
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Landscape Architect Brandon DeRosa
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From planning the layout of a zoo to recreating wetlands impacted by a development project, landscape architects use a blend of science and art to design outdoor spaces. As a consultant for the restoration of natural…
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This article discusses instruments given to undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory biology course for nonmajors. These instruments assessed attitudes toward biology and mathematics and various motivational…
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One tool for enhancing students’ work with data in the science classroom is the measure line. As a coteacher and curriculum developer for The Inquiry Project, the author has seen how measure lines—a number line in which…
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Teacher's Toolkit: Choice: The Dragon Slayer of Student Complacency
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This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue discusses how middle level science teachers can differentiate an inquiry-based investigation by modifying the level…
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Science Sampler: Science interactive notebooks in the classroom
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When students make observations and explain them in writing, they clarify and organize their thoughts and ideas. Keeping science interactive notebooks is a technique for increasing student understanding and organizing…
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