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In this activity students investigate and monitor fault zones around the world and learn about seismology.
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It was students’ fascination with the television show Survivor that led the author to incorporate the novels Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World (Armstrong 1998) and Carry On, Mr. Bowditch (Latham 1983) into the…
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A Look at the <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i>
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This article and the accompanying diagram provide an overview on the architecture of the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Every Day Science Calendar: March 2010
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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To supplement your summer reading, NSTA’s affiliates would like to suggest some recent articles on education research, covering such topics as diversity, technology, and science teacher retention. Start with The…
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Putting Science Literacy on Display
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A museum setting incorporates language arts into science lessons. This article describes how a class turned its library into a museum by displaying student projects that were generated from an air and weather unit.
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Society for College Science Teachers: If You Go Down to the Woods Today…
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In this month’s column, the author reflects on his childhood experiences of “playing in the woods” and his insatiable love of the outdoors as compared to today’s youth, who spend the majority of their free time inside…
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Strong STEMs Need Strong Sprouts!
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In this article students examine how and why plants work through in-depth investigations based on their questions that go far beyond a first-grade understanding of plants.
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The Journal of College Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Science 2.0: Combine Your Technologies for 21st-Century Results
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This column shares web tools that support learning. In this month’s issue, the author discusses using combinations of technologies so students can complete open-ended tasks, which offer opportunities to practice 21st-…
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From <em> Frustrating </em> Forgetfulness to <em> Fabulous </em> Forethought
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Teens exhibit many types of behaviors—of both inattention and intense focus. From an adult’s perspective, one cannot help but wonder why this happens. Part of the answer lies in the neural restructuring of the…
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Scope on Safety: OSHA's Newest Lab Resources
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses OSHA's new publication Laboratory Safety Guidance.
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Teachers who successfully use diverse learning modes in their instructional approaches accomplish several remarkable things. First, they create a climate where the ways of knowing central to the different modalities are…
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Commentary: The Underlying Life Lesson
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Are you, as a science teacher, ever left exhausted at the end of the day wondering, “Is it really worth the effort?” After over 50 years on this Earth—the author can safely say yes, it is. However, he is not a science…
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The experts address the following questions in this month’s column: What would a compass do on the Moon? and Where in our solar system can an object achieve the greatest terminal velocity?
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