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Science Sampler: Bushwhacking for Bones
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An Earthwatch Institute Moose and Wolves Expedition to Isle Royale in Lake Superior was an excellent professional development opportunity in which the author built camaraderie with fellow teachers and created a predator…
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Society for College Science Teachers: What They Don't Know
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When you read the title, your first thought it was probably about the undergraduates you are teaching and perhaps some "common scientific knowledge" that they should have acquired in high school. Perhaps you started…
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Editor's Corner: Experiencing Emotional Science . . .
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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Early Years: Teaching Young Scientists About Their Bodies
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Children create models to develop understanding of how bones function to support vertebrate animal bodies.
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The field of environmental communication focuses on how multidisciplinary science, natural resource management, and environmental policy are communicated to different audiences. This activity uses the "jigsaw" approach…
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Reading Your Way to Scientific Literacy
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Having students read and analyze scientific articles gives them an understanding of scientific information as presented in the literature. After studying classic and recent research articles, students answer homework…
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Point of View: Seen Any Red Pandas Lately?
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We humans are pattern finders and explanation seekers. Fortunately, many of our seemingly reasonable patterns and explanations have not withstood the test of time. For example, we no longer believe that volcanic…
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Formative Assessment: Redirecting the Plan
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The science teachers at New Hampshire’s Concord High School are no longer satisfied with what Wiggins and McTighe call the “teach, test, and hope for the best” learning cycle (2005). These teachers have been stepping up…
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Science and Social Studies in a Nutshell
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This articles discusses three practicum students and how they took students' interests in peanuts and expanded it into a full unit concerning nuts and the history behind them. In addition to observing, classifying, and…
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An innovative zoo outreach program, Our Zoo to You, places zoo animals in local classrooms for extended observation periods. With guidance and support from zoo staff, students are able to safely experience a variety of…
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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 find out about filling a void with music—physics mood music—and find out the answer to this question, "Do…
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Rock Cycle Roulette: Using dice and probabilities, students interactively learn about the rock cycle
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Teachers of environmental science, Earth systems, geology electives, or traditional Earth science courses must teach the rock cycle at some point in the curriculum. This activity moves students through the rock cycle…
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Minimizing Misconceptions: Tools for identifying patterns of reasoning
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By distinguishing clear patterns of reasoning, teachers can face the long list of student misconceptions without feeling overwhelmed. This article offers chemistry teachers a useful tool that describes eight thinking…
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Switching Students on to Science
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The Extended Physics courses at Rutgers University provide a successful alternative to the traditional introductory physics classes for students at risk of failure. The authors discuss methods for addressing at-risk…
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Making Your Science Program Work
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Although improvisation is a skill that can be mastered, it does require a bit of patience and persistence, especially when you’re just starting out. The following article is designed to help new teachers make a smooth…
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