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Scope on Safety: Glue guns—Aiming for safety
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While glue guns are very useful, there are safety issues. Regardless of the temperature setting, glue guns can burn skin. The teacher should demonstrate and supervise the use of glue guns and have a plan should a…
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Every Day Science: February 2008
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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Fostering Argumentation Skills: Doing What Real Scientists Really Do
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Experts, politicians, and large numbers of American citizens recognize that our present dependence on oil is a major obstacle to the progress of this nation; an examination of the potential solar alternatives will…
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Teach your students the dangers of unsafe lab behavior without scaring them or boring them through this lab safety module.This investigative case is part of a larger program through Emory University and metro Atlanta…
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Homework can be tough-- especially if support is not available. Luckily, technology is now lending a hand to students who may be struggling at home with difficult science vocabulary, concepts, and experimental-design…
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How Much Have You "Bean" Eating?
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Students use beans to explore the relationship between world population and limited food resources.
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Editorial: Nature, Vanity, and the Teaching of Evolution
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We enjoy learning about nature--we're fascinated by medical breakthroughs, technological advances and Earth's natural wonders. But there is another side of nature that many people don't like to hear about. Instead of…
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia Seeds for Inquiry
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Students learn about growing plants while using chia seeds during science inquiry activities. Nutrition and cultural history are also incorporated into the activity.
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It is no secret that many high school students are fascinated with automobiles. The activities in Fueling the Car of Tomorrow—a free high school science curriculum, available online—(see “On the web”)—capitalize on this…
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Science Sampler: Dihydrogen monoxide assignment
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Chemistry is a subject that uses big words for a world we already know. Many eighth graders come to physical science classes with preconceived fears of chemistry and its big scary words. As a result, the author…
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Idea Bank: Effective Data Representation
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Science students often have a difficult time distinguishing between data collection and data representation and interpretation. It is important for students to understand that organizing data into a chart or graph can…
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Combining biology, geology, mathematics, geography, and language arts, this activity encourages students to use the scientific method to solve a realistic problem encountered by a fictional field paleontologist.…
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Amber: Using “Tree Tears Turned to Stone” to Teach Biology, Ecology, and More!
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Amber is a fossil by itself, and can also contain plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. Some of these perfectly preserved specimens give scientists a convenient window to past environments, including the…
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Science Sampler: Mean, median, mode, and range
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A hands-on approach to mean, median, mode, and range turned a simple lab into a two-day opportunity for cooperation among lab-group members and among lab groups. The concepts of accuracy and precision were introduced…
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