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In this column the leadership of SCST shares its views with JCST readers. In this month’s issue the focus is on the first SCST goal: Improvement in the teaching of college science courses via interdisciplinary…
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Tried and True: Making the connection—Addressing students’ misconceptions of circuits
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Electricity is an abstract phenomenon that students interact with every day. Interestingly enough, many eighth-grade students do not fully understand the requirements for a complete circuit. In an effort to "short-…
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Web-Based Warm Up Exercises in Just-in-Time Teaching
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The authors used warm-up exercises in Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) to reveal students’ prior knowledge and misconceptions in biology, chemistry, and physics. This article demonstrates how the use of preparatory warm-up…
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Studying Racial Bias: Too Hot to Handle?
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Students evaluate a research proposal to determine if it is consistent with ethical principles and federal guidelines for the conduct of research with human subjects. The case can be taught either as a discussion case,…
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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Every Day Science Calendar: April
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What Happens to Animals during Hurricanes?
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Student curiosity provides a springboard for discussions ranging from weather, to conservation, to biology, and concern for animal welfare. Teachers can use these real-world events that spark students' interest to…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: A Season to Inquire
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Aside from learning about naturally occurring cycles that happen over time, trade books about seasons can help students learn about the cause of the seasons. The activities based on this month’s books deepen students'…
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Editor's Roundtable: Genetic Material Injected into the Headlines
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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The Early Years: An Invertebrate Garden
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For farmers and gardeners, slugs and snails may be serious pests that will limit the amount of harvest, but for a child, they represent a world to be explored. To teachers, however, invertebrates are tools for…
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Thoughtful teachers allow students to pursue the relationship between structure and function before learning about particular organelles, usually through an analogy to a factory or some other complex system (Crooks and…
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How to Make a Plant Field Guide
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Every year, an elementary school celebrates different aspects of Central Texas ecology. This year, they focused on Blackland Prairie, the ecoregion on which the school is located. A schoolwide event at the end of the…
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This article presents an engaging activity in which high school students use a dichotomous key to guide the creation and classification of model insects from recycled plastic lids and containers. Besides teaching the…
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Scope on the Skies: Eclipse cycles
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The Moon's orbit around the Sun with the Earth brings it into position twice each month for an eclipse at new Moon and at full Moon. However, we do not have an eclipse pair each month, nor do we have an eclipse every…
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Career of the Month: An Interview With Horticulturist John Stier
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Horticulture—the science and art of cultivating plants—is host to a dynamic array of careers. Horticulturist John Stier researches turfgrass to develop high-quality sports fields. At the 1994 World Cup, he watched the U…
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