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This article describes solar activities in detail and provides a model for teachers who wish to replicate these activities in their classroom.
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One effective way to teach connections among body systems is using a problem-based approach. The authors developed an activity to help students understand the relationships of various body systems in the common event of…
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How <em>Not</em> to Teach Historical Cases in Science
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Not all methods of applying history to teaching science are valid. Rational reconstructions, in particular, present idealized and misleading models. Short vignettes or anecdotes can oversimplify science. Recovering…
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The Webb Schools break down the barriers that deter intelligent young women from studying science. The GIRLS Science Camp (GIRLS stands for gifted, intelligent, real-life scientists) is a week-long program where a…
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Creationism/Evolution: The Case AGAINST “Equal Time”
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Many evolutionary biologists argue that the best defense against creationist theory is no defense—that to recognize the creationist viewpoint is, in a sense, to legitimize it. Recent vigorous and vocal campaigns on…
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K—12 (Books Published in 2007: Science and Children)
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Each of these outstanding selections defies the traditional image of a child “curling up with a good book.” Yes, they can be a source of great personal reading, encouraging students of all ages to stretch their skills…
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How to Plan, Survive, and Even Enjoy an Overnight Field Trip with 200 Students
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Although taking an overnight trip with 200 middle schoolers might seem like an impossible task, this author does it regularly. Using the example of a three-day trip she took to Yellowstone National Park with her…
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Reading the Ice: Using Remote Sensing to Analyze Radar Data
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This article describes two lessons, based on the 5E model, that help students practice scientific data collection and introduce them to remote sensing.
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Getting Past "Just Because": Teaching Writing in Science Class
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Over the past two years this seventh-grade team of teachers has taught writing across the curriculum, used common terminology, and assessed writing using a shared rubric, providing students with a basic writing…
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Science Sampler: The clone factory
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Have humans been cloned? Is it possible? Immediate interest is sparked when students are asked these questions. In this activity, students reenact the cloning process, in a very simplified simulation. After completing…
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Research and Teaching: Are In-Class Peer Leaders Effective in the Peer-Led Team-Learning Approach?
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Peer-led team learning (PLTL) has been widely adopted for enhanced learning in a variety of disciplines, mostly in introductory chemistry, but also in organic chemistry, as in this study (Tien, Roth, and Kampmeier 2002…
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The experts address the following questions in this month’s column: If the scientific exploration of chemistry is still evolving, are there new elements still left to be discovered? If a new element were discovered, how…
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Developing science process skills and participating in inquiry-based activities help students gain the foundation for job skills outside of school. Overall, this workshop was highly successful, and in-service teachers…
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In this article, a comparison of student learning outcomes is made in sophomore-level physical science classes using a “traditional” pedagogical approach versus a “modern” approach. Specifically, when students were…
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A high school hockey team is playing the last of three games in one day. The game gets rough, and the star player is slammed against the boards. Injured, he is escorted off the ice. This case follows his health as it…
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