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Can you imagine a class where students cover the content with each other rather than simply listening to the professor’s lecture? Can you envision students developing their own laboratory investigations and quizzing…
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Snow Globe Science: Students learn solution chemistry through an open-ended lab investigation
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Allowing students to experiment to make a product such as a snow globe encourages the development of problem-solving skills, and students learn the concepts behind solution chemistry by determining the best combination…
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The author developed a project-based curriculum called the "EnergyNet Energy Audit Project," to teach students about energy. Students look for wasted energy—energy being consumed without benefit to people—in a building…
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Lunch-Trash Solar Stills: Learning About the Engineering Design Process Through Earth Science
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Create a water-purification systems with recyclables.
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Using Physical Science Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 3-5: Phenomenon-Based Learning (e-book)
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The authors say there are three good reasons to buy this book: 1. To improve your students’ thinking skills and problem-solving abilities. 2. To get easy-to-perform experiments that engage students in the…
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Science Fair Warm-Up, Grades 7–10: Learning the Practice of Scientists (e-book)
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Even science fair enthusiasts may dread grappling with these two questions: 1. How can you organize many middle and high school students doing many different projects at the same time? 2. How can you help…
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Science Fair Warm-Up, Grades 8–12: Learning the Practice of Scientists (e-book)
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Even science fair enthusiasts may dread grappling with these two questions: 1. How can you organize many high school students doing many different projects at the same time? 2. How can you help students…
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Using Physical Science Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 6-8: Phenomenon-Based Learning (e-book)
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What student—or teacher—can resist the chance to experiment with Rocket Launchers, Sound Pipes, Drinking Birds, Dropper Poppers, and more? The 35 experiments in Using Physical Science Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 6–8,…
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This Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project discusses the effectiveness of using distance metaphor-building activities along with a case study exam to help undergraduate nonscience majors understand and apply…
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