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Teaching Through Trade Books: Flick a Switch
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When students flick on lights, boot up a computer, or turn on a television, do they think about how that energy is produced? The majority of electricity in the United States is generated from power plants that burn…
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New teachers often are given the most preparations, classroom moves, and demanding students. In addition, new teachers are sometimes added to the roster at the last minute and never have a chance to tour the school and…
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1948: The New Imperative for Science Literacy
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This paper was presented by the author at the February 1998 Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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From Generation to Generation: Oral Histories of Scientific Innovations From the 20th Century
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The 20th century saw some of the most important technological and scientific discoveries in the history of humankind. The space shuttle, the internet, and other modern advances changed society forever, and yet many…
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Science Shorts: About Form and Function
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Humans have been classifying organisms since before recorded history, cataloging flora and fauna for our own species’ benefit. Recognition of particular forms—the bark of a tree, shape of a leaf, or color of a mushroom…
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The jury filed back into the courtroom, hardly visible to the spectators seated on the benches. Their tiny prokaryotic bodies seemed to bounce along to some inner music. There had been 3 days of testimony and the jury…
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Editor's Corner: Building Together
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As modern science becomes more interdisciplinary, teachers look for activities and ideas that require thinking across the disciplines and include material from outside a strictly focused, discipline-based curriculum. In…
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Teacher's toolkit: Measurement stations
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This issue of Science Scope debuts Teacher's Toolkit, a new column featuring an array of tips, strategies, and resources for teachers addressing instructional issues in science. Over the course of the school year, the…
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Research indicates that interdisciplinary instructional strategies help students make meaningful connections among various subjects through asking questions, making predictions, and thinking critically (Borich 2000).…
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Collecting data and analyzing the results of experiments is difficult for children. The authors found a surprising way to help their third graders make graphs and draw conclusions from their data: digital photographs.…
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Science Sampler: First-class inquiry
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In this scientific inquiry-based activity, students explore how variables in a first-class lever, specifically arm length, position of the fulcrum, and placement of the load, affect the effort needed to lift the load.
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Scope on Safety: Administrators say the darndest things!
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Science teachers are licensed professionals and therefore are held to a higher standard by the court when it comes to “duty of care” of students and fellow employees. Remember, most courts today rely on the teacher to…
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Enhancing Science Kits With the Driving Question Board
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This article describes a tool to increase student engagement, clarify connections between activities, and align to standards.
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As teachers, one of our most important responsibilities is to help students develop dynamic and useful views of science. Using current issues to create learning experiences can help generate student interest in science…
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Research and Teaching: Assessing the Effects of Prior Conceptions on Learning Gene Expression
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Gene expression is a highly theoretical concept that requires advanced reasoning skills to comprehend. Often, students receive instruction but fail to replace prior conceptions and thus do not benefit. To investigate…
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