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Safer Science: Pregnant in the Laboratory
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This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. In this month’s issue, pregnancy policy in the laboratory is discussed.
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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Controversies in the Classroom
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This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue discusses tips for effectively teaching controversial topics.
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The Case Study: The Bee and the Groundhog: Lessons in Cooperative Learning—Troubles with Groups
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s issue takes a look at a typical group of students…
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Scope on the Skies: The real shape of the Moon's orbit
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In the typical Moon phase lesson, students learn that the rotation period for the Moon is approximately the same as its revolution period around the Earth. However, as your students complete the following activity, they…
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Addressing STEM Retention Through a Scientific Thought and Methods Course
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This article presents an innovative course, Scientific Thought and Methods, that targets students with low math placement scores. Course topics focus on development of scientific reasoning and the ability to engage…
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Assessment in the Palm of Your Hand
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Project WHIRL, a three-year-grant from the National Science Foundation, enabled researchers from SRI International’s Center for Technology in Learning to collaborate with fourth- through ninth-grade teachers to create…
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This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. In this month’s issue the author features ways to introduce cells to students that will grab their attention and bring this intangible topic…
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Science learning can happen anywhere! Using initiative and creativity, teachers of various subjects can create interdisciplinary learning opportunities. In this article, the authors describe how they used the schoolwide…
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Scope on Safety: Bringing Safety Into Bloom
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses greenhouse safety.
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Career of the Month: An Interview With Cosmetic Chemist Amy Wyatt
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Where do you turn when you have a bad hair day or need to cover up an unwanted blemish? From hair gels to concealers, cosmetic chemists use science and creativity to develop products that make us look and feel good. As…
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Providing opportunities for students to grapple with collecting and organizing data, struggle with how to represent and communicate ideas emerging from the data, and consider the alignment of these ideas with the…
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Fostering Preservice Teachers’ “Nature of Science” Understandings in a Physics Course
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In this paper, the authors examine an algebra-based physics course designed for preservice teachers and explore how the course integrated two pedagogical strategies to bridge the gap between inquiry-learning experiences…
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Safer Science: Safety in Uncharted Waters
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This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses the safety of on- and off-campus independent study programs.
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Taking Engineering Design Out for a Spin
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How a simple whirligig design challenge can highlight both inquiry and design.
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Science teachers face many hurdles in their quest to train young minds to understand the precise planning, thinking, and actions required for success in this field of study. Read about the GLOBE (Global Learning and…
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