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From Cookbook to Experimental Design
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Developing expertise, whether from cook to chef or from student to scientist, occurs over time and requires encouragement, guidance, and support. One key goal of an elementary science program should be to move students…
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The Diagnostic Learning Log (Angelo and Cross 1993) is a focused journal entry where students indicate what they have learned from a particular unit, pose those questions, indicate aspects of classroom practice they…
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Guest Editorial: A Powerful Way to Learn
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If our classroom instruction is to truly reflect what scientists do, it is important to put students in situations in which they are expected to ask questions about the natural world, design investigations to answer…
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A current events journal keeps students involved with the latest scientific news and helps develop their writing and analytical skills. Every week, students select a science article, summarize the article in their…
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Editor’s Corner: The History of Science, in Real Life
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Students sometimes think of the history of science as the dry recounting of the lives of long-dead scientists like Antoine Lavoisier and Isaac Newton. But today’s older generations arguably witnessed history’s most…
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In this dilemma case, the central character, a museum curator, must decide whether or not to show a painting as a hitherto “undiscovered” Cézanne. The stylistic analysis suggests it is real, but data obtained using…
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
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Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my! Digital cameras, young inquisitive scientists, give it a try! In this project, students create an open-ended question for investigation, capture and record their observations—data—with…
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Science Sampler - Project weigh-in: Learning about mass and weight
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Using the triple beam balance to measure mass in metrics is just one of the many skills we want our students to master. This article highlights a few effective and fun approaches to develop this skill over a couple of…
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Rice is Rice, Right? Who knew that rice could facilitate inquiry?
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Inquiry in the classroom can take many forms. The hands-on activity in this article is an economical and simple way to spark the inquiry process. Who knew that rice could facilitate inquiry?
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This exercise provides a simple method to visually demonstrate the third step in the calcium/calmodulin signal transduction pathway, that is, the activation of a target protein phosphodiesterase without the use of…
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In 2001, the All Sky Camera Network came to life as an outreach program to connect the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS) exhibit Space Odyssey with Colorado schools. The network is comprised of cameras placed…
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The ability to clearly communicate what was learned as the result of an experiment is a key component of science in general, not just science in the middle school classroom. The trick in the middle school classroom is…
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Why Does My Cruorine Change Color?
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The classical research literature provides material appropriate for use in problem-based courses. Here, the spectroscopic study by G. G. Stokes of the reversible “oxidation and reduction” of hemoglobin illustrates how a…
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Research Experiences for Teachers (RET), funded by the National Science Foundation, offer teachers an opportunity to participate in current, hands-on scientific research in laboratories across the United States. These…
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As an amateur photographer and science teacher, the author shares how to use digital media to enhance the study of habitat and adaptation. The author also helps you to discover how to use the camera to boost science…
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