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Children are naturally curious about the world in which they live. To focus this sense of wonder, have your students investigate their local habitat as it changes over the year. This multiseason study will build…
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Classroom Terraria: Enhancing Student Understanding of Plant-Related Gas Processes
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Despite our best teaching efforts, many students hold misconceptions related to the roles plants play in gas-related processes (Amir and Tamir 1994; Hershey 1992; 2004). In an effort to remedy this problem, the author…
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After careful self-examination, the author revamped her soils unit to include a connection to the real world. As a result, students began to understand the importance of what they were learning, used higher-order…
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The start of a new school year is a challenging and exciting time for any teacher—and a time when beginning teachers particularly need our support. Working with new science teachers in the New Science Teachers’ Support…
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As a beginning science teacher working on a science fair for the first time, the author was amazed at the projects submitted—projects that were obviously not completed by the students who turned them in. The students…
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Elementary teachers often struggle with how to design and implement inquiry instruction with their students. For many, just understanding what inquiry is can be difficult—let alone designing activities that support high…
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Through summer reading, teachers can spend valuable hours updating content background methods, or simply refreshing their spirit. NSTA Recommends, the association’s premier review system for science education,…
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Students' Ideas About Plants: Results from a National Study
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Last fall, Science and Children invited kindergarten to grade eight teachers to participate in a study investigating students’ ideas about plants and plant growth (Barman et al. 2002). Two hundred twenty-seven…
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Tried and True: Evaporating is cool
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Many students hold misconceptions about evaporation. In this short exercise, students will apply the kinetic molecular theory to explain how cold water can evaporate and to observe the cooling effect of evaporation, and…
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Students explore engineering with model cars and ramps.
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Editorial: Just Ain't Happenin'
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The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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The Process of Animation: Creating computerized animations of scientific processes
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Dynamic processes are inherently difficult to teach in all branches of science. This article focuses on a better way to teach scientific processes by allowing students to observe them firsthand, but this can be…
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The Case Study: The Multiple-Case Method
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The goal of multiple-case method teaching is to bring students closer to real work settings or, more specifically, to situations in which they are supposed to act professionally. Thus, its aim is similar to training in…
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Integrative Metabolism: An Interactive Learning Tool for Nutrition, Biochemistry, and Physiology
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Metabolism is a dynamic, simultaneous, and integrative science that cuts across nutrition, biochemistry, and physiology. Teaching this science can be a challenge. The use of a scenario-based, visually appealing,…
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While the importance of teamwork is emphasized in the National Science Education Standards, getting teams to share equally in the academic assignments and interact in a positive and productive manner often eludes even…
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