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Tell the story of an important event that happened in your family. Tell the story of a place that is important to your family. Tell the story of how your family or the world will change in 10 years. With these prompts…
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The Wings Over Water (WOW) collaboration began with ospreys. Anyone who’s seen one of these highly specialized fishing raptors plummeting from high above the water to catch a fish knows how captivating this species is…
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Building Community With Educators
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After a string of successes in our teacher professional development programs at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS), I recently began to notice a disconcerting trend: Teachers stopped coming. Despite…
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Engineering Explorations are curriculum modules that engage children across contexts in learning about science and engineering. We used them to leverage multiple education sectors (K–12 schools, museums, higher…
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Confusing Science Vocabulary: When Negative Is Positive!
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Evaluating Information: The Impact of Major, Class Standing, and Experience With Primary Literature
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Social media platforms and other internet sites may propagate inaccurate or misleading information. This misinformation encourages speculation, rumors, and mistrust in established science. In the current study, we…
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High school students grew up online and in video games. FLEET is a free ship-design simulator that reaches students in their native environment—video games. It is also a physics simulator that applies content first…
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“Plants do photosynthesis and animals do cellular respiration.” At some point in our science classes many of us have had this statement uttered to us by a teacher or said it to help students remember one of the key…
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For most people, coffee roasting is a mysterious process. Chemically, it’s equally mysterious; the roasting process gives rise to over 800 compounds. The science of coffee, from seed to bean to cup of aromatic brew…
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Spicing Up Your Classroom With Games
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When was the last time you sat in a classroom as a student instead of as the teacher? Did you notice what types of activities you enjoyed and which frustrated or bored you? I have found profound professional development…
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Interactive science simulations (sims) have become popular tools for science educators, and research confirms that sims can improve student learning (Rutten, van Joolingen, and van der Veen 2012). Over the past 15…
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Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 2
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Atmospheric Scientist Shawn Urbanski
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Atmospheric scientists study the chemical composition of the atmosphere. More specifically, they look at how atmospheric gases, liquids, and solids interact both with each other and with the earth’s surface. This helps…
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Envisioning the Possibilities of Educational Gaming with Carl Sagan
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Science games and simulations—whether in the form of a board game or a system incorporating augmented or virtual reality—can provide students with opportunities to visualize abstract concepts, engage in active…
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