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This article describes three science investigations students can conduct using a single bag of superabsorbent water pearls.
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Editor’s Roundtable: An air of respectability
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Hold up an open container without any obvious liquid or solid in it and ask a typical class what’s in the container, and you will readily and enthusiastically get the response, “Nothing.” Out of sight, out of mind is a…
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Science and Communication: Incorporating language arts instruction into science lessons
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Good communication skills are essential to the success of every student. With minor adjustments science teachers can teach communication skills without sacrificing science content. The author suggests four ways to…
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Natural Resources: Close to Home
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Learning about endangered or threatened species can be an extension of an adaptation or biodiversity lesson. It can also be tied into conversation and what students (and the rest of us) can do to help species in need.…
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Supporting Special Students: Including special needs students in the science classroom
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Many secondary science teachers feel overwhelmed by directives to adapt curriculum and instruction for students with special needs. So, how can science teachers juggle their familiar responsibilities as well as the new…
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Javametrics 101: Introducing Nonscience Majors to the Chemistry Laboratory
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A novel way to introduce nonscience majors to the chemistry laboratory using hands-on experiments can be done with one of college students’ favorite beverages—coffee. The course described in this article, Javametrics…
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Use of Thermochrons in the Classroom
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Preservice elementary education students often do not have a good feel for the process of science. Many may be acquainted with the steps of the scientific method but have never been through the scientific process. An…
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Creating Direct Channels of Communication
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Biology students in a large-class, active-learning environment used e-mail and in-class written notes for student-instructor communication. Most students sent e-mail messages and about half were content-related.…
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This project uses a just-in-time and necessity approach to mathematical learning, with online modular tutorials assigned prior to students encountering a quantitative concept in a geoscience context. Pre- and posttest…
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Science Sampler: Hypothesis-based learning
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Are visions of students hypothesizing, designing experiments to test their explanations, analyzing data, writing formal publications of results, and debating over scientific procedures in an attempt to justify their…
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Genes and Race in the Classroom: Science in a Social Context
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This article describes a course for nonscience majors that uses the issue of race in humans to stimulate interest in genetics and other sciences. Student outcomes, including valuing and understanding science, plus an…
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NSTA's 2011–2012 president delivers a message to science educators.
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Every Day Science Calendar: May 2006
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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Science Sampler: Using the arts to enhance science learning
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Over the years, the author has developed several lessons in which songs, arts and crafts, drama, and body motions are used to better facilitate student learning in life science. This article presents a sample of songs…
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Every Day Science Calendar: September 2010
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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