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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Gearing Up for Summer
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This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. In this month’s issue the author offers tips for how to make the most of the summer months of rejuvenation.
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Rocks and Minerals—Foundations of Society
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Virtually everything we use—from the food we eat to the cars we drive—is produced from the Earth’s rock and mineral resources. As our society becomes more urbanized, students have fewer opportunities to interact with…
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If red blood cells do not have nuclei, how do forensic specialists conduct DNA fingerprinting? How did Avogadro ever come up with the word “mole” to use as his unit of counting atoms? Find the answers in this…
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Using Writing for Alternative Audiences in a College Integrated Science Course
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Two separate writing-to-learn activities in which students wrote to authentic audiences outside of the instructor were used in a college integrated science course, Science of Water. An overview of students' tasks is…
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Science 101: How do fruits ripen?
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Most people love to eat fresh fruits, and today there are dozens to choose from—from “standard” fruits like apple, orange, and banana to more exotic fruits like mango, star fruit, and lychee. But how exactly do fruits…
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s issue concludes that a "good case" tells a short story…
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Science Sampler: Give students a purpose to read
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After some reflection, the author found that by giving her students a purpose to read has led to a deeper understanding of the text. In this article, she outlines the questions teachers should ask themselves prior to…
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Scope on the Skies: Summer Skies
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. In this month’s issue the author discusses objects that appear in the summer sky.
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Research and Teaching: A Case Study on Reflective Writing
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Reflective writing is a student-centered approach widely used in science and engineering courses that helps students develop a holistic scientific mindset. The authors present a multiple case study in two science…
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Science Sampler: Rocket boys and girls
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Teachers at a middle school located in West Virginia didn’t want their students to limit themselves to local jobs when faced with future career decisions. They wanted them to investigate a world of science within their…
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A Universal Idea: Teaching planet classification using the learning cycle
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Learning cycle investigations allow science students to model the activities of real scientists. Using the Internet in this learning cycle-based activity allows students to collect accurate and current data about the…
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The Case Study: The Way of Flesch
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The 50-year-old book, The Art of Readable Writing, by Linguist Rudolf Flesch, is chock-full of great advice about writing. Here the author shares some of its wisdom because it is useful for any kind of writing,…
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As part of an ongoing environmental project and partnership with a local university, high school students monitor changes to Fossil Creek in Arizona. Components of the project include fish behavior studies, responses to…
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Science Shorts: Seeing What We Can’t See
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While observation is critical to science, sometimes we cannot observe things directly. Sometimes things happened long ago (in paleontology, for example) or are too small to observe (like atoms). Many students believe…
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In this article, the authors describe their ongoing experience with the Herpetology Project. Through this field study, students catch and track amphibians and reptiles in the Assabet River area, record and analyze data…
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