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Career of the Month: An Interview With Oyster Wrangler Stephanie Reynolds
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Did you know that oysters, simply by eating, filter the water they live in? An adult oyster can filter up to 225 L of water every day! In addition, oyster reefs play the important role of sheltering many fish and crab…
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Tried and True: Write it, do it
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Effective writing is a keystone in the process of developing scientific knowledge. Scientists must be able to successfully communicate their findings so colleagues can confirm the authenticity of their claims through…
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Editor's Corner: Reaching All Students
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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Creative Writing and the Water Cycle
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Creative writing provides one strategy for helping students combine their powers of imagination with their arsenal of knowledge. Teachers also can use creative writing exercises to assess student understanding of…
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Editor’s Note: Seeing in the Dark
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It seems like such a simple concept, seeing an object; light leaves its source, is reflected off an object, and travels into our eyes. Without light, we cannot see. Light and electricity may seem to be simple concepts,…
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Activities that Really Measure Up
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Linear measurement is more than just learning how to use a ruler. In the early grades, measurement activities develop students’ understanding of the properties of objects as well as what it means to measure objects.…
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Argumentation in science involves offering and responding to claims, providing and asking for evidence or justifications, and analyzing those claims to formulate a decision (Gross 1990). The authors’ experience with…
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Guest Editorial: Biodiversity and the Future of Food
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The author discusses biodiversity and the future of food.
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Guest Editorial: The Value of Teachers Doing Classroom Research
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An opinion piece about the value of teachers doing classroom research. Studies show that it has impacted future teaching practices and has allowed a teacher to learn much more about students.
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Editorial: Teaching With Cases -- Let Me Count the Ways
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We're back, with yet another issue on the case study method of teaching. It's a method we think has expanding possibilities, especiallially in its application to science education. The use of stories to educate…
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Students use manipulative models and small-scale simulations that promote learning of complex biological concepts. The authors have developed inexpensive wet-lab simulations and manipulative models for "Diagnosing…
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Issues in Sociobiology: The nature vs. nurture debate
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The implications of recent advances in genetic science have been called “America’s next ethical war.” Teachers should be prepared to discuss the controversial and sensitive dimensions of these topics because citizens…
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A Research-Based Molecular Biology Laboratory
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In an apprenticeship-style course that mimics experiences in research laboratories and better reflects trends in educational reform, students perform team projects through collaboration with corporate research…
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Last year the authors embarked on a study to find out whether more student-centered instruction was occurring in block-scheduled biology classes than in those of traditional duration and whether the student-centered…
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The author describes a technique called metacognitive circles, which is used with heterogeneous classes. Metacognitive circles allow teachers to provide opportunities to obtain, evaluate, and communicate information.
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