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Pangea Redux: Students learn about plate tectonics using Wilson Cycle models
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The authors suggest that a basic misconception exists about the cyclic nature of plate tectonic theory that inhibits teachers and students from fully appreciating just how dynamic Earth has been and will be over the…
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Digital photography energizes students and focuses their attention on their environment. The personal connection to science helps students develop a habit of mind in which everything they see inside or outside of school…
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Using Simple Machines to Leverage Learning
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What would your students say if you told them they could lift you off the ground using a block and a board? Using a simple machine, they’ll find out they can, and they’ll learn about work, energy, and motion in the…
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Careers in Science and Technical Communication
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This article provides practical guidance for science teachers to help students who love both science and writing, and are struggling to find a career that will allow them to combine these disparate talents and interests…
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Ask five-year-olds what they want to be when they grow up and we may hear “astronaut,” “dinosaur paleontologist,” or even “princess.” Rather than repeat all of the more realistic professions surrounding them, they go…
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Favorite Demonstration: Demonstrating Allotropic Modifications of Sulfur
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This demonstration closely simulates Io’s surface and validates scientists’ conclusions about this satellite of Jupiter. It illustrates the importance of teaching descriptive chemistry and is suitable for a general…
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The Coast Guard Comes to Class
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The United States Coast Guard offers many programs and resources without cost to teachers and their students. The author describes his visit to a sixth-grade classroom, where he demonstrates an oil spill and explains…
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As educators, we need to assume responsibility for actively teaching our students the metric system; to fail to do so may limit their participation in a global society. Standards developed by the National Council of…
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Making Sense of Topographic Maps
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"I'm confused!" "What are all those squiggly lines? "I don't get it!" These are some common reactions the first time students see a full-sized United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic map. The study and…
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Easy Ways to Promote Inquiry in a Laboratory Course: The Power of Student Questions
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To teach students to think like scientists, we modified our laboratory course to include regular opportunities for student practice of inquiry and the scientific process. Our techniques are simple; they can be…
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This article presents the evaluation of a research-based introductory biology lab course focused on an ecological system. Pre- and postcourse surveys and performance assessments were administered to nonvolunteer…
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What to Toss and What to Keep in Your Curriculum
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As teachers adopt curriculum, they often have the false notion that every page of the text must be read in order to cover all of the standards required by the state. In fact, nearly all middle school science texts…
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Is Earth unique in the universe? What is a habitable planet? How abundant are habitable planets? NASA’s Kepler Mission team seeks answers to these questions. Launching in 2009, Kepler is NASA’s first mission capable of…
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Preservice preparation courses for elementary teachers of science can provide opportunities to build pedagogical content knowledge. One common concern of preservice teachers is how to cope with a preplanned lesson that…
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The Case Study: A Word to the Wise? Advising Freshman
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Freshman frequently struggle with major decisions both in and out of school. Even if they attend required advisement sessions, they do not always have a clear idea of which questions to ask and which information to…
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