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This probe is designed to elicit students’ ideas about changing the direction of motion in the absence of air. Many students will have seen movies or television shows in which spaceships turn by banking or using wing…
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, March 11, 2025
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Listening to Waves: Engaging Underrepresented Students Through the Science of Sound and Music
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Beyond General-Purpose Talk Moves
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Multimodal Text Sets to Use Literature and Engage All Learners in the Science Classroom
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Promoting STEM Persistence Through an Innovative Field Trip–Based First-Year Experience Course
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At our small liberal arts college, we recently introduced a field trip–based course as a requirement for all first-year science majors. This course, entitled “The Urban Ecosystem,” explores various aspects of science…
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Modifying Scientific Research Into Introductory Science Course Lessons Using a 5E Lesson Format
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Science faculty are being asked to create active learning experiences that engage students in core concepts and science practices. This article describes an approach to developing active learning lessons from authentic…
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Earthworm Distribution in the Schoolyard Ecosystem
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Comparing Academically Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Groups in an Active Learning Physics Class
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Many methods have been developed for managing groups in active learning classes, but little research has been done on the effect of group structure itself. Results are presented for an active learning physics class in…
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, February 13, 2024
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Leveraging Out-of-School STEM Programs During COVID-19
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Freebies for Science Teachers, December 8, 2020
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