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Science Sampler: Helping students read science textbooks
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Textbook reading activities help students become better readers and increase their comprehension of scientific texts. This article highlights strategies for enhancing classroom reading processes to help minimize student…
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Pedagogical Issues in Teaching Upper-Level Science Courses at a “Community University”
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The authors teach upper-level science courses in cell biology, genetics, and biochemistry at a public, four-year “community university” that serves a demographically diverse population of traditional and nontraditional…
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In the following experiment, students are asked to construct a visible-light spectrometer using commonly available and relatively inexpensive equipment. In doing so, they are able to clearly see and understand basic…
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Perfumer Christopher Laudamiel
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This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s column focuses on the job of a perfumer.
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Scope on Safety: Slipping on Safety
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses how to help prevent slips, trips, and falls.
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The abstract writing assignments described in this article focus on a central theme and require the students to apply, rather than summarize, course material. This method has the additional benefit of making connections…
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As an extra credit activity, teachers can let students take turns teaching class using the “each one teach one” approach. Student groups select an activity, write a lesson plan, create a worksheet, and then present…
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Science Sampler: Science role models for adolescent girls
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Research shows that girls are more likely to enter a field when they can identify a role model in that field (Betz 1994; Lent, Brown, and Hackett 1994). But the authors found that little is known about what it really…
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The authors developed activities to teach elementary children about insulin function in conjunction with lessons on portion control. These diabetes education "workshops" were entitled "Knowledge Is Power" in an effort…
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Point of View: The Community College Funding Gap
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In this month’s opinion piece, the author expresses her displeasure with President Bush’s commitment to provide more funding for community colleges, made in his third State of the Union address in January 2004. He…
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A Message from the NSTA President: Developing a World View for Science Education
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In this section, NSTA President Michael Padilla shares a story reflecting the affect that immigration has had on almost all school systems across the country. He shares his motivation for choosing Developing a World…
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Working with young children and chemicals requires attention to safety. This article details the experiences of a third-grade teacher who used a “disaster” to create a hands-on inquiry that introduces children to…
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Editor's Corner: Science Safety
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With increasing emphasis on hands-on inquiry activities, teachers need to be as knowledgeable as possible about safety. Unfortunately, accidents in science classrooms are no exception! As a result, the theme of this…
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Health Wise: Curbing Texting While Driving
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This column provides up-to-date information on current health topics—along with classroom activities that help students make healthy choices. This month’s issue discusses texting while driving.
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Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI) is an instructional model that enables science teachers to transform a traditional laboratory activity into a short integrated instructional unit. To illustrate how the ADI instructional…
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