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Libros de Ciencias en Espanol (2007)
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From eye-catching introductions to planets, animals, food, and the senses for the very young, to little-known aspects of dinosaurs, to the importance of food chains, these recently published books in Spanish are sure to…
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Grading in mass enrollment, introductory labs can easily consume a large amount of the instructor's time. This article features the "streamlined" contract grading scheme which has many potential advantages, including a…
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Teaching Critical Thinking Through Media Literacy
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In this article the author introduces many engaging media-literacy lessons that educators have developed, piloted, and evaluated.
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Scope on the Skies: Solar explorations
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Even though there is no change of season during January, we have just passed the December solstice, it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are 147,100,000 km (91,403,702 mi.) from the Sun. This is in contrast…
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Every Day Science Calendar: February 2010
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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This article describes a novel approach to evaluating students in a seminar-style science course. The approach involves students in the design of the assessment instrument and a defense of their own performance using…
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This interdisciplinary unit weaves art and science together to help students appreciate the importance of recycling. In this engaging activity, students collected items worthy of recycling from home, and with the help…
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Summing It Up: Teaching summary writing to enhance science learning
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Students can learn to recognize information that is most important to the author of a science article or book by using repeated references and generalization. This strategy—designed for college reading classes but…
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Art Conservation Scientist, M. Susan Barger
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This month's Careers in Science column focuses on art conservation science. This fascinating career combines science, art techniques, and materials history. Introduce your students to M. Susan Barger by sharing this…
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue features books and lessons that will have students anticipating the interesting topics and engaging activities that await them in…
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Editor's Corner: Motivating the Millennials
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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This article describes a research study in which a biologist and his research on Antarctic seabirds became part of an integrated science course for prospective elementary teachers. Students used the scientist’s database…
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Case Study: The Chemistry of Curcumin, the Health Promoting Ingredient in Turmeric
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Case studies pertaining to the health benefits of foods can be particularly effective in engaging students and in teaching core concepts in science (Heidemann and Urquart 2005). This case study focuses on the chemistry…
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Tried and True: Helicopter seeds and hypotheses … that’s funny!
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Investigating maple samaras, or helicopter seeds, can give students a “that’s funny” experience and catalyze the development of inquiry skills. In this article, the authors describe how to use maple helicopter seeds (…
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An opinion piece about the teaching of evolution.
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