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Many teachers fall into the pattern of “assumptive teaching” (Herber 1970), assuming that other instructors will teach students the important strategies they need for learning. In this case, tools and strategies may not…
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Toying with Motion: Exploring Newton's laws of motion with student activities
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Students are motivated to understand and apply Newton’s laws of motion by playing with toys. This activity allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the laws of motion and requires far more than just…
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A science fair might be the last thing you think of when planning a kindergarten science curriculum, but the authors found it to be the perfect avenue for teaching their students science-process skills. Here they share…
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Students design a model house and learn about the properties of materials. The "Design a Model House" challenge has students learning to describe, select, and test materials to solve a problem.
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Science sampler: Before- , during-, and after-reading strategies
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While students are at school, they mostly receive reading instruction during language arts classes and the focus is usually on fiction. Try these simple and effective strategies to facilitate successful nonfiction…
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Investigating Continental Margins
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In this article students investigate North America's continental margins using GeoMapApp, a free global topography database. Each student investigates continental margins along the East, West, and Gulf Coasts,…
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Improving Active Learning by Integrating Scientific Abstracts Into Biological Science Courses
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The author discusses using scientific abstracts in a genetics course. Students are introduced to topics via abstracts within lectures, as quiz material, and as homework to develop their understanding of how and why…
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Science 101: Why do we classify things in science?
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Each year, in thousands of classrooms across the country, students classify animals, rocks, and other things as part of their science studies. Each year, thousands of students no doubt ask, “Why in the heck are we doing…
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Favorite Demonstration: The Roles of Different Mobile Phases in Liquid Chromatography
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The activity described in this article will demonstrate the role of mobile phase polarity on the separation of dyes having different solubilities in polar and nonpolar solutions. A paper chromatography system is used in…
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PREPping Students for Authentic Science
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In this article, the authors describe a large-scale research collaboration, the Partnership for Research and Education in Plants (PREP), which has capitalized on publicly available databases that contain massive amounts…
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As elementary students progress from learning to read toward reading to learn, it is vital that they become strategic readers. A strategic reader is one who understands when and how to use a strategy in order to…
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The New Teacher's Toolbox: New Year, New You
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This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. In this month’s issue the author shares tips for starting on the right foot and charting a course for a successful and rewarding year ahead.
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Point of View: Assessment and Natilie's Whirligig
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This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue discusses assessing critical thinking.
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All schools are located in watersheds, land that drains into bodies of water. Some watersheds, like the one which encompasses the school discussed in this article, include bodies of water that are walking distance from…
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Research and Teaching: Online Homework, Help or Hindrance? What Students Think and How They Perform
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To improve students’ retention rates in general chemistry, online homework was introduced into our curriculum. Replacing quizzes directly by online homework significantly improved (p…
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