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Tried and True: Egg-in-the-bottle demonstration
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The Egg-in-the-bottle was the first demonstration performed by Don Herbert on his “Watch Mr. Wizard” television show, which premiered in 1951. This classic demonstration continues to delight students today and should be…
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Research shows that many students hold misconceptions related to plant functions (Hershey 2004). Some of these students will become teachers with little content understanding to identify their students’ misconceptions…
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The Prepared Practitioner: Alternative Conceptions in Chemistry
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Despite its importance, chemistry can be difficult for some students to learn. Many concepts are abstract, and students cannot always relate the ideas in this subject to their own experiences. Researchers examining…
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A tight coupling of systems theory and service learning provides learners with the knowledge and skills required to tackle contemporary social-environmental challenges. The tangible benefits of a systems theory–service…
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Editor’s Corner: Greetings, Fellow Science Teachers!
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In this month’s column, Steve Metz introduces himself as the new field editor of The Science Teacher (TST). His primary goal for TST is a simple one—to make your journal as useful to you as possible. Since science…
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Methods and Strategies: Poor, Poor Pluto
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In this month’s issue teachers develop a research project surrounding Pluto's lost planetary status.
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Summarizing with Drawings: A Reading-Comprehension Strategy
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The development of literacy skills is essential for student success. According to the National Science Education Standards, “Scientific literacy entails being able to read with understanding articles about science in…
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Editor's Corner: An Urgent Need
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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The Impact of Teaching Assistants on Student Retention in the Sciences: Lessons for TA Training
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Attrition from the sciences remains a national problem. This article presents results from a survey of over 2,100 undergraduates that, contrary to previous research, suggests that teaching assistants (TAs) influence…
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Using Google Earth to Teach the Magnitude of Deep Time
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Most timeline analogies of geologic and evolutionary time are flawed, causing an understanding of relative time with little comprehension of absolute time. Using Google Earth, one can construct an ideal timeline analogy…
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12 (Books published in 2008)
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Today’s classrooms have no real walls! Students explore the world on field trips, during virtual journeys on the world wide web, and through the books they read. These pathways help them fly to the ends of the universe…
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Science Shorts: Organizing Weather Data
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Often in schools, children collect weather data as part of their morning meeting or calendar time. These common primary level activities lend themselves nicely to introducing the importance of organizing data. In this…
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Do Standards Matter? How the quality of state standards relate to evolution instruction
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Although most states include evolution instruction in their standards, the teaching of evolution in public schools remains problematic. To create successful science education programs, we must recruit and reward…
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Environmental Literacy Through Relationships: Connecting Biomes and Society in a Sustainable City
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In this article, the authors share a project developed and implemented in an eighth-grade science classroom in which students apply what they have learned about biomes to create sustainable cities. This project promotes…
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