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Undergraduate Research in Science: Not Just for Scientists Anymore
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Institutional measures, such as the fraction of undergraduate research (UR) students who later pursue a PhD in science, do not reflect the value of UR as an educational and personal growth experience for students;…
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Concept Mapping in College Science
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A concept map is a two-dimensional, hierarchical node-link diagram that depicts the most important concepts and propositions in a knowledge domain. Concept mapping helps students and faculty recognize the difference…
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Peer Instruction: Making Science Engaging
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Peer Instruction (PI) is an interactive approach that was designed to improve the learning process. This approach provides students with greater opportunity for synthesizing the concepts while instructors get timely…
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Open Laboratories in College Science
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One viable alternative to the conventional, regularly scheduled laboratory session is the open laboratory concept. In this chapter, the authors use the open laboratory system developed at Eastern Kentucky University as…
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Animal Kingdom: Shark Advocate
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Most sharks are the top predators in their ecosystems, yet they are often at the bottom of the conservation priority list. Because they are underprotected and exceptionally slow growing, and therefore vulnerable to…
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This curriculum, A Head Start on Science, was written to help adults facilitate young children’s learning as they work as partners to explore their world. This complimentary Introduction serves as a navigational tool…
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Fact or Fiction: Exploring the Myths and Realities of Nanotechnology
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Will clouds of self-replicating nanobots take over the world, or is this just a scene from a science fiction novel? Nanotechnology is a rapidly growing field that has huge potential for transforming our world. But the…
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Biomimicry: The Mystery of the Lotus Effect
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One of the most interesting applications of nanoscale science involves nanomimicry—or technology that mimics the unique structures of biomaterials. This activity uses the forensics approach to have students investigate…
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How Nature Builds Itself: Self-Assembly
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By designing and building models with Legos and placing them in a reaction chamber, students will simulate the process of molecular self-assembly. This activity provides a basis for understanding that thermal energy at…
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At the nanoscale, a completely different set of forces and interactions are experienced by molecules and atoms than we experience at the human scale. How do properties change with scale? Why is gravity so important to…
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Shrinking Cups: Changes in the Behavior of Materials at the Nanoscale
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What if you were only one inch tall? This activity explores the behavior of liquids in different sizes and shapes of drinking containers. Students explore how the size of the cup determines if the liquid will pour out…
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Limits to Size: Could King Kong Exist?
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Why can’t spiders be ten feet tall? Can an ape grow to the size of King Kong? Surface area-to-volume relationships help shed light on the question of the size limits of organisms. At the nanoscale, things are so small…
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Next Time You See a Cloud (Sample)
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Next time you want to see a show, go outside and look at the sky. The clouds will put on a show for you with their ever-changing shapes and sizes. This book reveals some fascinating science behind these beautiful…
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Great news for multitasking middle school teachers: Science educators Terry Shiverdecker and Jessica Fries-Gaither can help you blend inquiry-based science and literacy instruction to support student learning and…
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Core Idea PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Like all enthusiastic teachers, you want your students to see the connections between important science concepts so they can grasp how the world works now—and maybe even make it work better in the future. But how…
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