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Assessing student-led, open-ended scientific inquiry holds a unique problem for classroom teachers because of the diverse skills and content that emerge from student work. This article provides tangible strategies for…
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The trend toward inquiry-based learning is providing today's students with a more enriching education. When implementing inquiry it is important to recognize the great number of safety concerns that accompany this…
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Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer Reading
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There are a mere 99 "lazy, hazy, crazy" days of summer--from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Therefore, it is vital that you prioritize your personal plan to make the most of your summer--to fit in rest, exercise, perhaps…
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Forensic investigations are a great way to involve middle school students in the inquiry process. In this activity students decide if the drowning was an accident or murder by examining microscopic evidence from the…
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Current Events and Technology: Video and Audio on the Internet
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Teachers can utilize the vast audio and visual resources available on the Internet to bring current science events into the classroom. A wide variety of news sites as well as technology requirements and teaching…
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Conceptually, students are typically introduced to light as a type of wave. However, children struggle to understand this model because it is highly abstract. Light can be represented more concretely using the photon…
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Vision + Community = Outdoor Learning Stations
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Local partners can provide the expertise, labor, and even funding to transform your school's outdoor areas into outdoor learning stations.
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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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