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  • Favorite Demonstration: Inquiry-Based Approach to Understanding Common Descent

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    In this inquiry-based activity, students catalog external and internal characteristics of four different classes of animals during dissection exercises. On the basis of their accumulated data, students compare and…

  • The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i> and the Earth and Space Sciences

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    This article discusses the important features of Earth and space science standards for elementary, middle, and high school levels.

  • The New Teacher's Toolbox: Lighting the Fire of Enthusiasm

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    This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue discusses the role that excitement plays in the classroom and provides tips to generate interest and enthusiasm when students need it…

  • SCST: What Happened to Scott? Helping Our Students Through Online Courses and Distance Education

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    In this column the leadership of the Society for College Science Teachers (SCST) shares its views with JCST readers. In this month’s issue, the president shares thoughts about online courses and distance education.

  • Editor’s Note: No Dumb Questions, But. . .

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    Investigable questions are important elements of lessons that promote inquiry and help students construct meaning. Good questions help students make links between what they know, what they want to find out, what they…

  • Research and Teaching: What Do Help Sessions Accomplish in Introductory Science Courses?

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    Students who attended every help session earned significantly higher scores on corresponding exams than students who attended no help sessions. Students who attended some help sessions earned intermediate exam scores,…

  • Fat Finders

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    Everyday the media bombards us with concern over childhood obesity. More American children than ever before are developing health problems related to their eating habits and lack of exercise. The classroom is the…

  • The Play Dough Evaluation Project

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    Fourth-grade students gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of “properties” by evaluating and comparing play doughs. Students also hone their observation and reporting skills and enrich their vocabulary,…

  • Making <em> Learning </em> a Never-Ending Story

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    Initially, middle school students and their parents displayed mixed emotions when shown 10-meter-long science murals at the beginning of the school year. However, once they discovered that story concepts illustrate and…

  • Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: Books published in 2003 (TST)

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    The books that appear in this annotated bibliography were selected as Outstanding Trade Books published in 2003. They are intended primarily for kindergarten through twelfth grade. They were selected by members of a…

  • Editor’s Corner: Supporting New Teachers

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    Many new teachers who leave schools after the first year report lack of support and poor working conditions as the primary reasons for leaving. New teachers can feel alone and vulnerable even working in a school…

  • How Do You Know That?

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    The purpose of many animal studies at early grades is to build observation skills, develop a knowledge base, and practice age-appropriate science skills like comparing, describing, and drawing. While these are important…

  • Green Science: Not So Many Fish in the Sea

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    This column focuses on issues related to environmentally friendly and sustainable science. This month’s issue discusses ocean overfishing.

  • Teaching Through Trade Books: Imaginative Inventions

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    Invention assists students in understanding the relationships between the individual subjects of STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). The playful nature of this month’s trade books adds…

  • Line Graph Learning

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    In this article, the learning progress of one fifth-grade student is examined with regard to the development of her graph interpretation skills as she participated in the Junior Science Institute (JSI), a two-week,…

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