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The Sky's the Limit: A More Emphasis Approach to the Study of Meteorology
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This chapter features curriculum for the senior Meteorology elective at the Marymount School of New York—an all-female, independent school in New York City. The curriculum is aligned with the National Science Education…
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The author—a teacher at Rockwall High School in Texas—covers specific standards in this chapter which includes selecting and adapting curriculum, as well as guiding students in active and extended scientific inquiry.…
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Successes and Continuing Challenges: Meeting the NSES Visions for Improving Science in High Schools
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The 15 programs described in this book illustrate where we are with respect to realizing the vision of the 1996 National Science Education Standards (NSES)—eight years after their publication and acceptance as needed…
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Technology and Cooperative Learning: The IIT Model for Teaching Authentic Chemistry Curriculum
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Computer technology emerged as a viable tool for classroom instruction. This chapter reflects upon a case study of a high school chemistry classroom where the computer was used in a unique way to deliver and direct…
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Inquiring Minds Want to Know All About Detergent Enzymes
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This enzyme unit demonstrates how students can learn using inquiry and questioning techniques. By providing students the opportunity to share ideas, evaluate problem statements, develop hypotheses, design experiments,…
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Teaching Ecology by Evolving and Revolving
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This chapter features an ecology course started by Harry Hitchcock at Clinton High School (CHS) in Clinton, Tennessee, in response to a need for more elective courses in science. This ecology class is a hands-on course…
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The program highlighted in this chapter—the Biomedical Engineering Challenge-Based Curriculum—features science curricula that meet numerous More Emphasis standards through the use of challenged-based “Legacy Cycle”…
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RIP-ing Away Barriers to Science Education: Inquiry Through the Research Investigation Process
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This chapter presents the Research Investigation Process (RIP), an "inquiry" and "critical thinking" model of science education at two high schools—the Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology (AAST) and…
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Modeling: Changes in Traditional Physics Instruction
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This chapter highlights the modeling approach to high school physics instruction—a curriculum design that engages students in constructing a few basic models of physics. Model development begins with students working in…
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Guided by the Standards: Inquiry and Assessment in Two Rural and Urban Schools
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This chapter features the environment in which the authors—Teresa and Steve—work. Both are at schools near the border of Mexico, and while both have a student body of predominantly Hispanic, one is a rural school and…
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The author stumbled across the Physics, Physiology,…
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Youth Leadership at The Franklin Institute: What Happened When the Grant Ran Out
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The Franklin Institute's Center for Innovation in Science Learning develops model programs for the K-12 science education community, both inside and outside the Museum walls. This chapter profiles the Institute's…
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Science Career Ladder at the NY Hall of Science: Youth Facilitators as Agents of Inquiry
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The New York Hall of Science is New York City’s hands-on science and technology center, with more than 400 interactive exhibits exploring physics, chemistry, and biology. The Hall also creates and presents…
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A Burger, a Beer… and a Side of Science
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Science Cafés are part of a unique national informal education outreach initiative for NOVA ScienceNow, a PBS science series. The project's special focus is to reach new audiences—both on air and off—especially those…
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The Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS) promotes the teaching of participatory, hands-on and minds-on, inquiry-based science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at the K-8 grade levels, through…
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