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Tips for the Traveling Teacher
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While the ideal situation is for all science to be taught in a properly-equipped classroom, where materials do not have to be transported from room to room, the unfortunate reality is that some teachers do have to…
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Jump-Start Your Middle School Students' Background Knowledge and Vocabulary Skills
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The authors share a favorite method for incorporating and reinforcing science vocabulary instruction in the classroom: jump pages.
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Studying Our Skin: Students learn about skin using the learning-cycle structure
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Investigative activities enabling students to explore the many purposes of our skin can create meaningful understanding of its functions. These activities can also help children construct an understanding of the skin as…
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Favorite Demonstration: Cheap Mirrors—Image Construction With Mylar Mirrors and Whiteboards
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The cylindrical mirrors lab described in this demonstration has been done in many forms. However, because of its ease in construction and variation, this version allows students to do the exercise themselves, thereby…
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Teacher's Toolkit: Using Metacognition to Develop Understanding of the Role of Evidence in Science
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This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue focuses on strategies to encourage students to make more effective observations, collections, and recordings of…
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The standard textbook account of Kettlewell and the peppered moths omits significant information. While instructors might merely amend the details, this classic case serves as an ideal occasion to reflect on the role of…
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Tech Trek: Electronic bulletin boards and digital student groups
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Nothing is as irksome as a student who returns from a couple of days of being absent and asks nonchalantly, “Did I miss anything?” Not only do you have to backtrack through what you did in the last few days of…
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Have you ever wondered how the mountain of trade books out there gets evaluated or how books are chosen as "outstanding?" The Outstanding Science Trade Books (OSTB) for Grades K-12 doesn't just magically appear but is…
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Ask the Experts (January 2004)
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Why does the Moon appear larger in winter? Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of its container? This article contains the expert's answers.
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Case Study: Stereochemistry of Drug Action: Case Studies With Enantiomers
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s case study exercise with optical isomers reinforces newly…
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this month's issue learn about the greenhouse effect, global…
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Commentary: Preparing for the New Standards
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An opinion piece about the new science standards.
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Exploring the Evolution of Plate Tectonics
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Students often view science, especially Earth science, as being “set in stone.” They don’t realize that scientific theories are continually being developed, refined, and discarded as new information is discovered. The…
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Earth Science Week (ESW) 2008 encourages people around the globe to open doors and investigate new opportunities. This year’s theme, “No Child Left Inside,” is a call to explore our natural environments. The celebration…
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Reading, Writing, and Comprehending: Encouraging active reading in the science classroom
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A wide variety of before-, during-, and after-reading methods stimulate students to become better readers. The author shares strategies acquired from professional development courses that teachers can use to improve…
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