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Career of the Month: An interview with Honey Bee Scientist Eric Mussen
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It’s common knowledge that honey bees collect nectar from flowers to make honey. But did you know honey is the only food we consume that is produced by insects? In addition, bees pollinate (fertilize) a staggering one-…
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Science Sampler: Walk this way
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While they themselves may be in constant motion, getting middle school students to really understand the motion shown in distance/time graphs can often be a challenge—but a challenge that must be taken on! In virtually…
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Imagine entering a new classroom and finding your lab materials in complete disarray. Broken bits of metal and shards of glass mirrors are interspersed among live, unlabeled radioactive sources. Splintered metersticks…
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Editor’s Note: Science Fairs and Beyond
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The rigid nature of most science fairs can cause panic among parents, students, and teachers alike over “doing it the right way.” In this issue, we present alternative views of a standard science fair. These views…
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Soil Science in the Digital Age
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Kindergarteners gain meaningful experiences in earth science while learning how to answer questions.
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Scope on the Skies: Solar system update
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Our knowledge of the solar system and of orbital dynamics has undergone some changes as telescope technology improved. This month's Scope on the skies discusses the newest developments within the solar system and…
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Wherever you live, the weather provides a backdrop for studying science, and weather patterns play a critical role in our daily lives. They can determine everything from indoor recess to global economic patterns. This…
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Adding Math to Biology: Teaching the mathematical basis of evolutionary biology
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Without a mathematical understanding of evolutionary theory, we leave students defenseless against shallow arguments and pseudoscience. In this activity, students study normal variation in coral size, and to do the…
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Using Citizen Scientists to Measure the Effects of Ozone Damage on Native Wildflowers
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Since 2004, middle and high school students have been monitoring the effects of ground-level ozone by collecting data on observable leaf injury on cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) and crownbeard (Verbesina…
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Point of View: Miles Pickering—A Bibliography—A Chemistry Educator's Legacy
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This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue features a bibliography of Miles Pickering, a Princeton University chemistry department lecturer and…
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Science 2.0: GeoEverything—The Magic Carpet
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Global Positioning System receivers (GPSr) are an indispensible classroom bridge between maps and the physical world as students go back and forth between projections and Earth. When using a GPSr, the spatial-relations…
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Formative Assessment Probes: When Equipment Gets in the Way
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses how to elicit students' initial ideas about how to light a bulb with a battery and a wire.
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Scope on the Skies: Celestial grid system
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The “coordinate system” in the sky is essentially an extension of the Earth’s surface-based system of latitude and longitude. There are celestial poles and a celestial equator and, just like parallels of latitude on…
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Editor's Roundtable: Where are we now? (January 2005)
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Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), two major international studies of achievement in science and mathematics, provide insights and an opportunity…
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The Early Years: Shining Light on Misconceptions
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses investigations of light.
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