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  • Astrobiology: Explorations in Earth and Life Science

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    Explore the fundamental conditions that make life possible on Earth and the creatures that inhabit its most extreme environments as you consider the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

  • The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i> and the Life Sciences

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    Using the life sciences, this article first reviews essential features of the NRC Framework for K–12 Science Education that provided a foundation for the new standards. Second, the article describes the important…

  • The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i> and the Life Sciences

    Journal Article |

    Using the life sciences, this article first reviews essential features of the NRC Framework for K–12 Science Education that provided a foundation for the new standards. Second, the article describes the important…

  • The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i> and the Life Sciences

    Journal Article |

    Using the life sciences, this article first reviews essential features of the NRC Framework for K–12 Science Education that provided a foundation for the new standards. Second, the article describes the important…

  • Editor’s Corner: The History of Science, in Real Life

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    Students sometimes think of the history of science as the dry recounting of the lives of long-dead scientists like Antoine Lavoisier and Isaac Newton. But today’s older generations arguably witnessed history’s most…

  • Scope on Safety: Culturing Safety in Life Science

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    This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue covers safety in life sciences labs.

  • Editor’s Corner: It’s a Wonderful Life… Science

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    In this month’s column, the field editor shares an epiphany he had while finishing up a genetics unit with his high school students—“It’s a wonderful time to be teaching biology.” He discusses the events that led him to…

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