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Point of View: Dual Enrollment—Postsecondary/Secondary Partnerships to Prepare Students
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The last decade has seen an explosion of interest in dual enrollment. In dual enrollment, high school students are permitted to take college courses and, if they pass them, earn college credit. Sometimes, as in the case…
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Point of View: So Tell Me Again--Who's Locked in the Chinese Room?
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To succeed in our classes--especially science classes--students must be physically and intellectually present most of the time. They must be able to solve problems with minds and with hands and with others. They have…
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Science 101: Why are oceans salty and lakes and rivers not?
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For starters, lakes and rivers do contain salt, just not as much as the oceans. A large portion of those salts and minerals washes downstream into other rivers, or through the outlet stream or river of a lake, and…
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Editor’s Corner: Working Wages
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Because of teacher retirement and other factors, our nation will need almost a quarter of a million new middle and high school science teachers over this decade (NSB 2006). If we want to recruit and retain the most…
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The after-school science club at Galtier Math, Science, and Technology Elementary Magnet School in St. Paul, Minnesota, learned some valuable lessons when they took newfound knowledge about pollution into their homes.…
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Tech Trek: The latest in handheld microscopes
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Microscopes have come a long way since their invention in 1590. New technologies in handheld microscopes encourage interactivity, exploration, and observation of specimens in real time, very often allowing students to…
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Learn how patterns, system, structure, and other crosscutting concepts fit into the new Framework.
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Teachers can use digital resources and role play to enhance student understanding of science as a human endeavor. Teaching genetics concepts through the lives of scientists allows students to have the opportunity to…
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Project Citizen: Promoting Action-Oriented Citizen Science in the Classroom
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In this article the authors present the multidisciplinary Project Citizen approach to teaching and learning science and engaging students in action-oriented citizen science.
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Research and Teaching: Data-Driven Implementation and Adaptation of New Teaching Methodologies
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This paper describes an action research approach toward an implementation of a new teaching methodology (specifically active learning) in a preparatory college chemistry classroom. The initial implementation involved…
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Analyzing and Communicating Scientific Information
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Using collaborative techniques, case studies, and extensive assessment, students in the Towson Transition Course at Towson University learned to access, evaluate, and communicate scientific information. A statistically…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Communicating With Pictures and Precision
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From the earliest civilizations, humans have used drawings and pictures as a form of communication and to convey information—whether it was the seasons or location of good hunting grounds. In this month’s column, simple…
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Safer Science: Geology—Rock Solid Safety
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Although perceived as having a lower level of safety issues compared to chemistry or biology laboratories, Earth-space science and geology classes have their share of challenges. In fact, a number of safety concerns…
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Sidewalk Astronomy: Students and teachers take astronomy to the street
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After sharing his large telescope with passersby on a busy street corner in Chicago, the author started the Sidewalk Astronomy Club to involve students in the experience. As a result sidewalk astronomy has become a…
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Using Google Earth to Teach Plate Tectonics and Science Explanations
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The author describes the Cyber-Enabled Earth Exploration Curriculum. Using this curriculum, students progress from making simple observations in the Google Earth environment to creating their own data files and overlays…
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