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Cemeteries provide students with the opportunity to learn science in an unusual outdoor setting. In this activity, find out how Earth science, math, and history can be brought together in a field trip to your local…
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Commentary: The Science of Special Education
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An opinion piece about the need to improve science curricula in the area of special education.
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Resources like university science camps, 4-H, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America can help motivate curious students with experiences related to community concerns and interests, while also exposing students to…
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Science and Literacy: Tools for Life
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This article describes three interconnected strategies to help form the structure of support that you and your students can use to reach both goals simultaneously: performance expectations for students, explicit…
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Ecohydrology as an Undergraduate Degree: Challenges in Developing an Interdisciplinary Major
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In the new ecohydrology major at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), students learn about the relationships between hydrologic mechanisms and ecological patterns and processes in watersheds and aquatic systems. The…
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children for 1999: Books published in 1998
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These books were selected as outstanding children's science trade books, and are intended primarily for K-8. The selection was made by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) in…
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Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is an international, broad-based water science and education program for formal and informal educators of students in grades K–12. It is part of a larger water resource…
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Mystery Boxes, X Rays, and Radiology
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When teaching the electromagnetic spectrum, it is often difficult to move beyond the concepts of light and color and create memorable, hands-on learning experiences. How do you teach students that the twentieth century…
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Idea Bank: ExploraVision—Extracurricular Research and Development
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The ExploraVision model encourages students to use their knowledge and creativity to solve real-world problems. It gives any student, at any grade level, the opportunity to participate in scientific collaboration. This…
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An engineering challenge seamlessly integrates science, technology, and math. Students try to build a PVC-pipe buoy that will support as many golf balls as possible while floating freely.
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Editor's Roundtable: Start the new year right
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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The instructors of an Earth science course used WebCT, a multipurpose software package, to create an online supplement to their course. It included class e-mail, science hyperlinks, an online calendar, an online…
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K—12: Books Published in 2006
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Apples and oranges … and lychees and loquats—how can one compare? That’s the challenge when a team of NSTA’s best science educators attempt to select the best of each year’s science trade books. It’s been 34 years since…
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Student Geoscientists Explore the Earth: During Earth Science Week 2005
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Visit the American Geological Institute (AGI) Earth Science Week website to learn about how you can provide your students with inquiry-based learning experiences that celebrates the theme, "Geoscientists Explore the…
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Although it is hard to claim that one or two school visits by a scientist will change how students think about science and their place in it, the authors’ experience suggests that, for many students, a school visit by a…
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