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Ask the Experts: March 2005 - Question #1
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Have you ever wondered what would be considered a native species in a place such as Hawaii? It seems like everything that exists there was introduced to the Aloha State because nothing live came up without the lava from…
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Scope on the Skies: Which Way Is North?
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses planetary magnetic fields.
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Predicting The Timing And Location of the Next Hawaiian Volcano
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The wealth of geologic data on Hawaiian volcanoes makes them ideal for study by middle school students. In this paper the authors use existing data on the age and location of Hawaiian volcanoes to predict the location…
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Science 101: How does a lever work?
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Two approaches to how a lever works: one dealing with torque, one dealing with energy.
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Project ASTRO is a nationwide program that pairs educators and their students with professional and amateur astronomers. Educators attend training and receive an activity manual and other curriculum materials to engage…
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Connecting Students to Science Through Structured Reading of Historical Nonfiction
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Success for many of our students is contingent on the degree to which they identify with and make personal connections to science. Although this may be most true of our nonmajors, it is important for us as science…
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Although most students do not have the opportunity to conduct in situ research projects until college, the Classroom of the Sea program at the American School for the Deaf (ASD) provides an unusual opportunity for…
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Science Shorts: Observation Versus Inference
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When you observe something, how do you know for sure what you are seeing, feeling, smelling, or hearing? Asking students to think critically about their encounters with the natural world will help to strengthen their…
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Roadkill Data Analysis: Using Spreadsheets to Integrate Math and Science
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The process of inspiring students into framing authentic questions and then providing them structured support in answering the questions through scientific research is widely recognized as a key element, if not the…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Fascinating Fossil Finds
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This month’s Teaching Through Trade Books column engages students in “unearthing” fossils and exploring the processes scientists use in uncovering these fascinating finds and interpreting Earth’s past.
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Taking Ownership of Learning in a Large Class: Group Projects and a Mini-Conference
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Helping students take ownership of their learning is often a challenge in a large lecture course. In this article, the authors describe a nature of science-oriented group project in a chemistry course in which students…
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Skateboards or Wildlife? Kids Decide!
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Using the Internet to help solve real-life problems is a great way to make science learning relevant to today's students. In this project, students investigated "playas", temporary local wetlands, and surveyed their…
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Inquiring Into The Digestive System
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Teaching science by means of inquiry-based projects has the potential to transform the science lab into a place of debate and discovery, but teachers run the risk of either leaving students to work too independently or…
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A New Paradigm in Integrated Math and Science Courses
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This article describes an interdisciplinary curriculum designed by the authors that connects math, science, and technology with the lives of their students. Changing students’ understanding of science required building…
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An Authentic Science Conference
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Students are interested in learning how science works, and an effective way to introduce elementary students to the nature of science is by explicitly incorporating it within the context of their regular science…
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