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The Early Years: If You Were a Dinosaur…
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Dinosaurs are one of those science topics that draw children in and teach them about concepts like measuring and using descriptive language. Learning about dinosaurs, although not hands-on like observing and recording…
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"Clued In" to Their Environment
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To help students become better acquainted with Florida’s natural environment, an environmental outreach program director developed an activity in which students would use a large canvas floor map of their state to learn…
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The Prepared Practitioner: Making Inquiry Successful
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In general, moving from structured to guided to open inquiry means increasing student thinking and responsibility—at the highest level, students come up with questions to investigate, figure out how to answer those…
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This article describes teaching and learning strategies that promote creative problem finding. The authors examined problem finding factors that lead to high-quality science fair projects.
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Career of the Month: An Interview With Biomedical Engineer William Ditto
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Biomedical engineers combine biology, physics, medicine, math, communication, and engineering to solve medical and health-related problems. Through their development of everything from pacemakers to artificial organs to…
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From Galileo to Snowflake Bentley: Using Literature to Teach Inquiry in Middle School Science
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In this article, the authors create new possibilities for using award-winning literature to teach science. Paired texts, or two texts that are related conceptually, are used to integrate science and literacy standards.…
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Making a Mini-Submarine: An open-ended investigation with positively buoyant results
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A minature submarine is a fascinating toy that sinks and rises in a container of water. They make excellent teaching tools for illustrating the concept of density and buoyancy. In this article, students are challenged…
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In Praise of Performance-Based Assessments
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Performance-based assessments are tasks conducted by students that enable them to demonstrate what they know about a given topic. The difference between this type of “test” versus the traditional method is that students…
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On Clickers, Questions, and Learning
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The purpose of this paper is to review the procedures used to help students become learning victors. Specifically, this paper will discuss the process used to integrate classroom-response-system technology and question-…
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Guest Editorial: In Search of Science for All
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An opinion piece about the issue of inclusion in the elementary science classroom.
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Recitation sections are led by a graduate teaching assistant (TA). Introductory biology is often the TAs' first recitation teaching experience, and the TA receives little guidance on how to direct the section. In this…
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This article focuses on the effective components of student science notebooks and their use as an effective teaching tool to assist students in developing a deeper understanding of science content.
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Editorial: An Inside Peek at a Case Study Workshop
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Here we are again with another special issue of JCST devoted to using case study teaching in the science classroom. These cases are the product of the annual workshops presented by the National Center for Case Study…
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Natural Hazards in Your Community
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The Earth is a powerful, active, and ever-changing planet. Earthquakes and volcanoes reshape the Earth’s crust with sudden bursts of movement or with eruptions that last decades. Powerful storms develop in the swirling…
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The Gender Gap in Science Education: Strategies to encourage female participation in science
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Educational practices promoting female participation in science can be used to help lessen the persistent gender gap in secondary science classrooms. Educators must actively encourage young women's participation in…
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