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Science in the 21st Century: More Than Just the Facts
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The authors have worked to meet the demands of the 21st century by using the Urban EcoLab, an urban ecology curriculum based on the National Science Education Standards. This curriculum emphasizes the local and…
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Teacher's Toolkit: Helping Students Navigate Nonfiction Text: Paving the Way Toward Understanding
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This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue discusses the problem of students struggling with content-area reading.
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Editor's Corner: Passing On the Passion
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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This article describes a successful partnership between a special education teacher and a mainstream teacher. As a result, every student became more aware of their own abilities, of the diversity of the people around…
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Safer Science: Failure of “Duty to Warn”
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The science teacher has several legal duties of care to students. Taking the precautions noted in this column is a step in the right direction to avoid legal issues and make the science classroom and laboratory as safe…
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A Fifth Grader's Guide to the World
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The challenge for today's elementary teachers is not whether but rather how to use computers to effectively teach students essential skills and concepts. One exciting way of meeting this challenge is to use Geographic…
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Bringing Science History to Life
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Can science history be interesting for students? You bet! Science, after all, is creative, and scientists go about their work in a variety of creative ways. In addition to understanding how scientists perform their work…
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Applying Ecological Principles on the Job
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The authors developed a course that requires students to work in groups to address a local ecological problem of interest to a client external to the university. Students learn the skills needed to apply their knowledge…
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Case Study: Introducing Students to Cases
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Strategically introducing students to a controversial science case—before they read it, watch it, or listen to it—motivates them to learn from it and paves the way for successful discussion and debate. A strategic…
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Science Sampler: Wade in the water—School, parent, and community collaboration
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Real-life science experiences can excite students. Both the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the National Research Council (NRC) stress the importance of hands-on activities that foster…
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Cancel the Cardinals Home Opener?! Lessons in Melting and Evaporation
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The St. Louis Cardinals are scheduled to play their home opener the next day and Megan Riley, a young meteorologist who works for a private weather consulting firm, is responsible for developing the weather forecast. It…
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Assessing General Education Science Courses: A Portfolio Approach
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The work presented in this article represents one in-depth example of the integration of portfolio assessment into the standard assessment practices of a general education course for nonscience majors.
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Emphasis in "investigative labs" is on the process of science—design, development, analysis, and conclusions based on evidence gathered. These labs bring a whole suite of benefits to courses that were once dominated by…
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Exploring Osmosis and Diffusion in Cells
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Guided inquiry is an instructional technique that requires students to answer a teacher-proposed research question, design an investigation, collect and analyze data, and then develop a conclusion (Bell, Smetana, and…
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Sounds Like Success: A Framework for Equitable Assessment
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Teachers have many dilemmas when it comes to assessing a classroom of diverse students. Teachers need to find out what students really know while being fair to all students. They also need to learn how to alter…
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