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Maria lifts up a book from the table. Dietre eats cereal for breakfast. Akisha winds up a toy robot. Jacob puts batteries in a flashlight. These seemingly dissimilar events demonstrate various ways children experience…
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Step-by-step instructions in the chemistry lab often eliminate opportunities for inquiry, higher levels of thinking, and the sense of accomplishment students find through independent discovery. However, removing…
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Technology and visual representations offer many ways to engage students in active inquiry. In this article students use planetarium software to gather data about the Moon.
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This article discusses four labs—centered on the science of heat transfer—that define the procedure, include meaningful scientific content, and ask interesting questions. The simple extensions described lead to more…
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Frances Hamerstrom: Wildlife Biologist
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The main purpose of this article is to provide a series of science lessons geared around the work and life of wildlife biologist Frances Hamerstrom. The activities are grouped around specific books she wrote.
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Contrary to what we often hear and teach, there is good news to be found on the environmental front. Environmental success stories show us not only that sustainability is possible, but also how people have made it…
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Aspirin History and Applications
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Of the thousands of drugs and medicines available for the prevention, treatment, and control of human disease and discomfort, the most widely used is aspirin. This article explores the historical development of aspirin…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Cloud Watchers
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Weather is a topic in science that is applicable to our lives on an everyday basis. The weather often determines what we wear, where we go, and what we do. This month’s column focuses on clouds and the part they play in…
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Reflections on Earth—Remote-Sensing Research from Your Classroom
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The Smithsonian Institution, with support from Honda, has developed a program entitled Reflections on Earth to provide resources for remote-sensing education. Through this program, teachers and students have access to…
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Increasing Student Participation in Science Fair Competitions
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Discover how to engage students from a population that is often underrepresented in science fairs.
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From Aristotle to Today: Making the History and Nature of Science Relevant
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Students connect to science in multiple ways. For some students, learning how real people have developed and defended their scientific ideas makes science relevant and interesting. Tracking the changes in scientific…
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Tech Trek: Up-to-the-minute meteorology
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Up-to-the-minute weather information that is easily available on the Internet can be a great tool for complementing a traditional study of meteorology.Of course, students should still be taught how to gather their own…
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Many people think of earthworms as small, slimy creatures that belong in the garden. To teachers, however, earthworms are delicate animals that can help young students develop important science-process skills such as…
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Predict, Observe, and Explain (POE) centers can be used in the classroom to provide simple and focused activities that promote scientific inquiry skills. This article provides instructions for setting up a POE center,…
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Navigating the Active Learning Swamp
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The authors surveyed 29 fellow faculty by asking them to define active learning, to rate how effectively different teaching techniques contribute to active learning, and to list the three teaching techniques they use…
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