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Design-Based Science: A problem-solving experiment compares different brands of batteries
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Developing useful skills for a wide range of actual problem-solving situations involving science is one goal of design-based science. This article features a problem-solving experiment where students compare different…
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Idea Bank: Demonstrating the Self-Assembly of the Cell Membrane
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Although the cell membrane is a complex structure, its basic form, and the self-organizing behavior of the molecules that produce it, can be easily simulated in a high school science classroom. One such simulation,…
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Tried and True: Inquiry-based environmental science investigations with the fantastic fruit fly
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The use of inquiry in life science can be particularly daunting because of the additional management and care living systems require. However, there are some low-maintenance organisms that work well in the classroom.…
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Research and Teaching: Encouraging Female Undergraduate Students
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Two case studies of undergraduate chemistry departments highlight differences between a department graduating a high percentage of women and one that is not, and provide possible ways in which departments can attract…
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Outside Learning: It’s Elementary
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Through a partnership with elementary teachers at Main Elementary School in Rome, Georgia, 42 children (one third-grade class and one fourth-grade class) learned how to use newspapers to rebuild slopes on their…
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Science Sampler: Pick-a-number
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The Pick-a-number activity, a variation of the game 20 Questions, provides a way to address challenges at the beginning of the school year, in a standards-based way. It also helps students develop the essential skill of…
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Bolster students' confidence in science through two art-based biology projects described in this article.These successful projects were used in a 10th-grade biology class and focus on immunology and human evolution.…
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Students use publicly available data on industrial activities, history of toxic material disposal, basic chemistry, regulatory approaches of federal and state agencies and environmental policy theory to critique and…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Delving Into Disasters
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Students uncover information about previous natural disasters or events to construct explanations using science process skills.
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Over 200 science, mathematics, and technology teachers have participated in real-world industry experiences through the Industry–Education Partnership (IEP) program at the Mississippi State University. Since 2005, IEP…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: May the Force Be with You!
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Students’ fascination with moving objects—as well as with how they themselves move—can inspire numerous physical science investigations. This month's Teaching Through Trade Books column focuses on two books about motion…
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For several years, many of the authors' new-school-year resolutions have revolved around a common theme: improving the introduction of inquiry skills to young (kindergarten through second grade) learners, particularly…
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Editor's Note: Hard to Learn; Hard to Teach
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Mosquitoes on Maui: Students conduct research for an island-wide mosquito study
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Science students participate in a year-long, school-based study involving the Maui Public Health Department to define mosquito behavior and distribution due to an outbreak of dengue fever, a disease spread by Mosquitoes…
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Not only are stories captivating, they make it easier to learn and recall facts, figures, and equations. Stories tell us who we are as a people—the problems we face, the values we cherish, the barriers we must surmount.
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