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Science for All: Using Technology to Unlock Content for Students
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This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. Although there is an incredible number of technological tools that make content-area reading and writing easier for students who struggle with grade-level…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: The Science and Technology of Sound
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue explores questions surrounding the topic of sound.
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This article explains a methodology to successfully implement student multimedia presentations in introductory earth science classes. Students learn to incorporate World Wide Web images, sound, movies, and text into…
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Star Wars: The name alone implies action, adventure, the vastness of space, alien creatures, and of course, who can forget light sabers? Since the Star Wars saga has entertained millions of people around the world…
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Integrating Technology: Mapping Digital Game Analogies to Science Instruction
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This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. This article describes an instructional sequence that shows teachers how to use analogy mapping techniques with…
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Point of View: The USS Dallas: Where Science and Technology Count
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This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue describes a tour of a fast attack submarine based in New London, Connecticut, to get a better…
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Multimedia Rocks: Using technology as a tool to improve achievement in science
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As part of a unit on rocks and minerals, students engaged in hands-on, inquiry-based activities that helped them discover what geologists do, how to identify rocks and minerals, and how rocks change over time through…