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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, students begin the physics class by studying the behavior of light. In this activity, the teacher…
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Textbook Alignment: Aligning the curriculum with benchmarks and standards
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Why is alignment so important? What difference does it make if textbooks include activities that are not aligned? The Benchmarks for Science Literacy and the National Science Education Standards include in their science…
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A Journal-Club-Based Class That Promotes Active and Cooperative Learning of Biology
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A journal-club-based class has been developed to promote active and cooperative learning and expose seniors in biochemistry and cellular molecular biology to recent research in the field. Besides giving oral…
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Diagnosing and Dealing with Student Misconceptions: Floating and Sinking
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Misconceptions broadly exist in a variety of subject areas, such as physics, biology, geography, and other sciences. Among them, bringing students to an understanding of why things sink and float has proved to be one of…
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Ionic bonding is a fundamental topic in high school chemistry, yet it continues to be a concept that students struggle to understand. Even if they understand atomic structure and ion formation, it can be difficult for…
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This activity features an after-school "Science Challenge Day," with the idea of getting students excited and involved in science, both inside and outside of the classroom. For this educator, just hearing the students'…
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Idea Bank: Electronic BeeSpace
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Recent press coverage of the decrease in worldwide honeybee population (Kaplan 2010) has significantly increased public awareness of its ecological and economic importance. In addition, honeybees’ social nature, novel…
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Integrative Biology: A Capstone Course for an Introductory Biology Core
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A capstone to a biology introductory curriculum was developed with the specific goals of enhancing integration of course content, promoting development of oral presentation skills and critical reading and thinking…
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The author suggests expanding the NSTA community to two-year communities and four-year communities, so they can participate in conversations about grades 13–16 coordination.
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Everyday Engineering: Charcoal—Can It Corral Chlorine?
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This column provides an inside look at the marvels of engineering in everyday life. This issue discusses the use of charcoal in water filters.
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Changing the Culture of Undergraduate Science Teaching
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Faculty at several Arizona institutions collaborated to change the culture of science teaching by introducing comprehensive and systemic reforms in undergraduate science and math courses. Preliminary measurements of the…
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Science Sampler: Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope Project
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The Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) project involved thousands of student scientists across the nation in the collection and analysis of astronomical data using a 34-meter radio telescope. These students…
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Teaching the anatomy of the muscle system to high school students can be challenging. Students often learn about muscle anatomy by memorizing information from textbooks or by observing plastic, inflexible models.…
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Issues in-depth: Inside global warming
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Over the last 15 years, much attention has been given to global warming, and whether the increase in the Earth's temperature in recent decades threatens the survival of life on Earth. As such, it's important that…
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Using Presentation Software to Integrate Formative Assessment Into Science Instruction
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Use the backward design process and presentation software to discover what students know.
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