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Guest Editorial: You may be the only scientist your students will ever know
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Unfortunately, in too many classrooms nationwide, thousands of students don't get the opportunity to watch, wonder, or ask questions about the world around them. This month's Guest Editorial discusses the struggle to…
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: Books Published in 2001
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The books that appear in this annotated bibliography were selected as outstanding science trade books published in 2001. They were selected by members of a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers…
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In their team-taught science writing courses, the authors use a series of assignments aimed at specific “real-life” audiences and designed for different venues. Once students understand how to look at the specific needs…
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Classroom Management: Setting Up the Classroom for Learning
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Student learning is directly related to classroom control established the first week of school (Wong and Wong 2001)—what you do the first day counts, and what you do the first 10 minutes counts even more. This article…
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Editorial: No Time for Complacency
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What accounts for our citizens' apparent lack of interest in scientific careers? The National Science Foundation (NSF) and other agencies have pumped tens of billions into science education improvement at all levels,…
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Success with Investigations: Strategies for facilitating student science investigations
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Classroom strategies for the teacher help strengthen student investigative skills and processes. In this article, the author discusses common weaknesses associated with students’ performance on science investigations,…
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The course in this article is a first-semester general chemistry class with a large-enrollment lecture section of students with minimal background in chemistry at The University of Texas at San Antonio—a designated…
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NSTA initiated the student chapter program in 2001 to help preservice science teachers at universities and colleges gain access to professional development opportunities and provide support as they enter the profession…
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Science Festival Fun: A Teaching and Learning Experience
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Unlike a science fair that consists of static displays of science investigations completed by students, a science festival includes interactive science exhibits that students share with one another (Parker, 1996). As…
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The Adventures of the Bucket Buddies
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Through Bucket Buddies—a collaborative online project—elementary students from more than 150 schools in 33 states and 6 countries have taken samples from local ponds and teamed up to answer the question: Are the…
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Awardees from the 2002 Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program relate the stories behind their inventions. The article also lists the 2002 regional awardees including, the name of the invention; the inventor; the…
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Science Sampler: Assessment for All
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There are many ways of assessing students and the work they do, and many ways of getting them ready for those assessments. Special needs students provide an extra challenge to educators because they have difficulty…
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The Case Study: Professional Development Cases
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A professional development case in college science teaching bridges the gap between educational theory and practice. A good case poses an interesting dilemma involving instructors, students, and administrators. Case…
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Editor's Roundtable: Drawing conclusions
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Science Sampler: Analogy of the cell project
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In this inquiry-based science project, students compare the makeup of a cell to an everyday working unit or system and create a three-dimensional object that represents their analogy. In addition, students select five…
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