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Charles W. Eliot’s Legacy to Science Education
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Had Charles W. Eliot—a young Harvard graduate trained in chemistry—accepted an offer in 1865 to become a superintendent of the Merrimac Mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, the history science teaching in American high…
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Tried and True: An Eggciting Alternative to a Science Olympiad
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This is a new twist on a familiar Science Olympiad event. By combining two possible outcomes, it allows students to make choices in an inquiry format. Students must think about materials, Newton’s first and second laws…
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Students research local water resource issues and translate this acquired knowledge into public service announcements (PSAs) on the importance of water conservation. This project provides a meaningful context for…
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Science Fiction and Science Education
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Using science fiction films in the classroom can expose students to a wide variety of science topics. The films are particularly good for identifying student misconceptions, many of which are a product of these very…
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: Books Published in 2006
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Apples and oranges… and lychees and loquats—how can one compare? That’s the challenge when a team of NSTA’s best science educators attempt to select the best of each year’s science trade books. It’s been 34 years since…
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Libros de Ciencias en Español: A selection of recent science trade books in Spanish (March 2009)
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Simple, lively, and easy-to-understand science books in Spanish for the very young are the new reality in the publishing world. In contrast to previous years where there has been a wider selection of books for beginning…
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Using Mentoring to Foster Professional Development Among Undergraduate Instructional Leaders
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This study examines the mentoring relationships of student instructors who provide supplemental instruction for undergraduate science courses. Specifically, the authors examined the relationships negotiated between…
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Everyday Engineering: Time’s up, turkey—Pop-up thermometers
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Meat thermometers can be awkward to use in terms of placement and avoidance of bones. Because of these problems, each year 30 million Thanksgiving turkeys have a built-in thermometer that pops up when the turkey is…
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The United States faces the critical task of graduating large numbers of individuals in mathematics, science, technical, and engineering fields. The first-year orientation course described uses female-friendly practices…
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Sizing Up Science Competitions: Guidelines for choosing a science contest for students
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Each fall, teachers receive many packets in the mail announcing exciting science contests for students. Because many of these contests promise prizes, trips, and awards for winning students and their teachers, it is…
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Editor's Corner: What Do Your Students Know?
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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Project FLORA: Flora Love Our Revegetation Areas
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A small school district in southwestern Texas comes together to protect its own backyard. In this project students collected native seed, built a greenhouse to propagate native plants from this seed, learned to identify…
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Editor’s Roundtable: International Year of Astronomy
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2009 has been designated the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) because it marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescopic observations of the Moon and other bodies in the solar system, which challenged, and…
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Bands to Books: Connecting Literature to Experimental Design
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This interdisciplinary unit of study on the inquiry process and experimental design that seamlessly integrates math, science, and reading using a rubber band cannon. The authors begin by describing a series of…
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This interdisciplinary approach to studying the concept of acceleration uses scooters to visually demonstrate the change of velocity over time and distance.
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