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Using Growth Rings on Wooden Blocks and Plywood to Enhance Students’ Spatial Reasoning Skills
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Spatial reasoning is one of the most challenging skills to master in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article reports the results of a teaching intervention that involved using…
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Teaching Climate Change Through Educational Resources From America’s National Parks
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Speaking and Listening in the Science Classroom
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Practical advice from veteran teachers.
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the nature of science. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguish scientific theories from the common use of the word theory and if…
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Freebies for Science Teachers, January 5, 2021
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the formation of the Grand Canyon. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize the role of rivers and flowing water and connect them to…
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A Layered Approach to Scientific Models
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Freebies for Science Teachers, October 20, 2020
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Freebies for Science Teachers, September 14, 2021
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Debates over water allocation help students understand Earth systems.
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Freebies for Science Teachers, August 31, 2021
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The Teaching of Climate Science
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