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Through the following inquiry-based activity involving yeast, students learn about cell size in a way they will never forget. Essentially, each student or lab group is given one grain of active dry yeast, is asked to…
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This article focuses on the restructuring of the science requirement for elementary education, early childhood education, and special education majors at Clemson University—a major producer of elementary teachers.
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The importance of a course that teaches about the biology of women is discussed. This type of course was developed while the authors attended the Women’s Curricular Reform Institute in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The…
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Radiation Therapist Robert Adams
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Cancer encompasses over 125 diseases. In the United States alone, over 1 million people will be diagnosed with cancer this year. Approximately 70 percent of the cancer patients will receive radiation therapy. The goal…
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Society for College Science Teachers: Grade Inflation -- Is Ranking Students the Answer?
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In recent years, several solutions have been proposed at various institutions nationwide to curb the phenomena of "grade inflation". Solutions include limiting the number of A's awarded, converting to a +/- system,…
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A Computer Story: Complexity From Simplicity
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This article describes an activity in which students learn how complex outcomes can result from simple decisions. Participants encounter a broad range of learning experiences, including electric-circuit construction,…
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The authors developed a demonstration with two similar setups that provide students with both the prior experience to form an expectation and the discrepancy to grab their attention. They follow the demonstration with a…
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Editor's Corner: Reflection and Renewal
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According to Field Editor, Steve Metz, science teachers know that the traditional time for reflection on the past year is more likely to come in July than in January. Since summer is the time for reflecting on past…
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Teaching Teachers: Lessons in Cooperative Learning
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In this article, the author provides a list of suggestions, based on personal experience, to help preservice teachers start using cooperative learning.
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Libros de Ciencias en Español (2005)
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This article lists the current trade books in Spanish useful for young learners. Books are grouped under such categories as For the Very Young, Biology, Technology, and Physical Science.
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The instructor of an integrated science course for nonscience majors embedded content-related video segments from YouTube and other similar internet sources into lecture. Through this study, the instructor wanted to…
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Investigating Students' Ideas About the Flow of Matter and Energy in Living Systems
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In this article we describe strategies for eliciting student thinking, common responses to elicitation prompts, and implications for moving students' thinking forward.
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Problem-based learning is a powerful tool that motivates students to learn problem solving through investigation and research. The problems should be applicable to real life, messy or undefined, and require students to…
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Point of View: Dissecting Motivation—The Will-Skill-Thrill Profile
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Teaching is not talking. Teaching is creating an environment where learning happens. Effective teaching is creating an environment where maximum learning happens for every student. This requires acknowledging the…
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