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Idea Bank: Modeling the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment
Journal Article |
The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank describes an activity that allows students to recreate Robert Millikan's thought process for his oil drop…
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Students Modeling Molecule Movement Through Science Theater
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Act out a puzzling scientific phenomenon to make sense of unobservable interactions between matter and energy.
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Science Sampler: Science role models for adolescent girls
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Research shows that girls are more likely to enter a field when they can identify a role model in that field (Betz 1994; Lent, Brown, and Hackett 1994). But the authors found that little is known about what it really…
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Science Sampler: Canals in the curriculum—A model of integration and inquiry
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Approaches to science education through integrated studies are ideal ways to meet the diverse needs of students, as well as the spirit of science reform. This article presents a canal study as a great way to accomplish…
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Innovative Composite Research Modeled in the Middle School Classroom
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Engage in an engineering activity to help students understand the work of engineers and the links between engineering and science.
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Models and Approaches to STEM Professional Development (e-book)
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The arrival of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) makes it the ideal time to kick-start your professional development program, and this ambitious book is the perfect source of inspiration to help you do so.…
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