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Health Wise: Better Grades Through Sleeping?
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This column provides up-to-date information on current health topics—along with classroom activities that help students make healthy choices. This month’s issue discusses the importance of sleep.
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Armed with a few topical and organizational strategies, primary grade teachers can successfully introduce their young scientists to science notebooks. The following overview of notebook methods offers a menu of options…
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Teaching through Trade Books: It's Pumpkin Time!
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When one thinks of October, many possible ideas to explore through science and reading come to mind—fall weather, changing leaves, and perhaps that annual trip to the pumpkin patch to select the perfect pumpkin. This…
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The inertial balance is one device that can help students to quantify the quality of inertia—a body’s resistance to a change in movement—in more generally understood terms of mass. In this hands-on activity, students…
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On any night, the stars seen in the sky can be as close to Earth as a few light-years or as distant as a few thousand light-years. Distances this large are hard to comprehend. In this article, we explore how astronomers…
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Using Concept Maps in the Science Classroom
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Create an exciting learning environment and help monitor students’ understanding with the use of concept maps. Concept maps provide a unique graphical view of how students organize, connect, and synthesize information.…
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Everyday Engineering: What makes a better box?
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Every morning, many Americans start their day with a bowl of cereal. Some spend time while they eat breakfast reading the back of the cereal box, but few consider its size, shape, and construction, or realize that it…
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This article highlights a long-term inquiry lesson on sustainability and plant biology.
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In recent years, the scientific community has emphasized the importance of making science content more meaningful to high school students. One effective technique that helps teachers facilitate student learning is role-…
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Society for College Science Teachers: Farewell to a Colleague
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Earlier this month, the author attended the memorial service for her good friend and colleague, Dr. Jerry Waldvogel. The service was held in the lovely Carillon Garden on Clemson’s campus where Jerry was—as it became…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Pumpkins!
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Walk through any elementary school in the fall and you are bound to see students learning about pumpkins. Kids of all ages are fascinated by these versatile, edible members of the gourd family. Pumpkins are interesting…
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The Early Years: What Sort of Feather?
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What do feathers have to do with flying? How is a feather like a hair? Do all feathers look the same or serve the same purpose? What does a feather look like inside? These are the type of open-ended questions to explore…
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Careers in Science: An interview with Artificial Intelligence expert Ruth Aylett
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This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue features the field of Artificial Intelligence—the study of how computer systems can simulate intelligent processes.
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In 2010, the United Nations and your fellow science professionals have invited citizens of the world to recognize the value of biodiversity. The theme of biodiversity is ideal for a personal program of reading and…
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Editor’s Corner: Let Us Now Praise Science Teachers
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The science teacher is called upon to be scientist, educator, equipment manager, safety inspector, lecturer, child-care provider, coach, writing editor, mathematician, historian, counselor, and stand-up comedian—all at…
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