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The Concept Attainment Strategy
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The concept attainment lesson, recommended by Joyce, Weil, and Calhoun (2004), is designed to give students practice in analyzing data and developing critical-thinking skills—without a complicated lab setup. The…
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A Land-Use-Planning Simulation Using Google Earth
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Google Earth (GE) is proving to be a valuable tool in the science classroom for understanding the environment and making responsible environmental decisions (Bodzin 2008). GE provides learners with a dynamic mapping…
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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Teaching With Current Events
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This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. In this month’s issue the author emphasizes that everyday science events can provide plentiful connections to classroom science content.
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Naturalist Writers and Environmental Sentiments
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Develop students' awareness and appreciation for the world around them through the written word. Using the work of naturalist writers such as John Muir, Rachel Carson, or Henry David Thoreau offers a refreshing…
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In the interdisciplinary, team-taught course described here, the authors use the subjects of art and art history to bridge to math and chemistry. Specifically, the course investigates ways in which chemical and…
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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, the science faculty is looking for ways to engage all students in a course that allows them to achieve…
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Linking Science and Writing With <em>Two Bad Ants</em>
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Two Bad Ants, a fictional story detailing the journey of “two bad ants” that stray from their colony and choose to stay in a container full of large, white, sweet-tasking crystals (sugar)—was the catalyst for an…
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The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i> and the Earth and Space Sciences
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This article discusses the important features of Earth and space science standards for elementary, middle, and high school levels.
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Building Leaves and an Understanding of Photosynthesis
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Where does cellular respiration take place? How does a plant make food and in turn use the food to produce its own energy? Do animals carry on this process also? To help students answer these and other questions, have…
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Favorite Demonstration: Using Elodea as a Live Model of the Eukaryotic Cell
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In this demonstration, the aquatic plant called Common Waterweed, Elodea Canadensis, serves as a model for cell function. The plant clearly exhibits cell activity by visibly demonstrating cytoplasmic streaming, which…
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Integrating Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics to Evaluate Global Water Problems
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An interdisciplinary and context-driven course focused on global water issues was developed and taught at the college level. Students designed a semester-long research project, collected and analyzed data, and…
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Studying Sensory Perception: Demonstrating the sensory-perceptual basis for learning
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In this activity, the story of stone throwing by a hunter provides the basis for a series of powerful, experiential exercises that introduce students to the sensory and perceptual basis of learning. This learning…
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This article discusses teaching error analysis and other experimental skills in the physics classroom.
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Sheltered Instruction Techniques for ELLs
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The suggestions described here to adapt instruction for English Language Learners (ELLs) are based on the concept of sheltered instruction, a model of language-support methods for instruction for ELLs derived primarily…
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Designing the Perfect Plant: Activities to Investigate Plant Ecology
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Plant ecology is an important subject that often receives little attention in middle school, as more time during science classes is devoted to plant biology. Therefore, the authors have developed a series of activities…
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