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Methods and Strategies: Lessons From Portugal
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Portugal has long been touted as a popular destination for savvy travelers, but now educators are touting it as something else—a professional development (PD) powerhouse for inquiry-based science! This article describes…
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Classification and the Dichotomous Key
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Classification is a vital science-process skill for all students to master. Understanding dichotomous keys as a means of classification enables students to better comprehend large amounts of information and understand…
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Methods and Strategies: Alternative Assessments for English Language Learners
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English Language Learners (ELL) are capable of high levels of conceptual understanding related to science. However, traditional means of assessment do not typically reflect their understanding of science content. We…
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Hands on the Land, a new initiative to promote the use of public lands for environment-based education, consists of a national network of field classrooms designed to link students, teachers, and parents to national…
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This special issue of JCST once again features a set of articles on the use of case studies in science assembled by Clyde (Kipp) Herreid, Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University at Buffalo, State University…
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Editor's Note (April/May 2005)
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No matter how the seasons come and go in your part of the country, there is science to be explored. In this section the editor discusses moving beyond the beauty of spring and presents a new way to think about plants--…
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Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), a peer-reviewed environmental health research journal (published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health,) provides…
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In addition to meeting National Science Education Standards (NSES) related to the history and nature of science (NOS), reading or hearing about real scientists helps students connect with science emotionally. The…
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Build your own fish, amphibian, and reptile models to explore the diversity of life.
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Tech Trek: The size of things to come
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While using photos and illustrative images for teaching purposes is very appealing, you are likely to find that digital images of any kind take up a lot of storage space. In fact, many of the technological enterprises…
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How to form a study group to examine the Next Generation Science Standards, second public draft.
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Tech Trek: Getting students charged up about batteries
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The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation’s (RBRC) lesson plan entitled Charge Up to Recycle! is a nonprofit organization that recycles Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd) rechargeable batteries in Canada and the United States…
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Idea Bank: Nature as Learning Tool
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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, the author discusses how to draw on students' firsthand experiences to help them develop an appreciation…
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Natural Resources: There Is a Season
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You’ll gain plenty of weather resources from this month’s issue (temperature concepts, weather instruments, the water cycle/evaporation). You can use that information with these outdoor seasonal connections.
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The Case of the Druid Dracula: A Directed "Clicker" Case Study on DNA Fingerprinting
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This article describes how case studies have been successfully implemented in an introductory biology course of 300+ students using available technologies ranging from WebCT, used to assign students to permanent small…
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