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A field trip to the shore can engage students in real-world science and offer plentiful opportunities for interdisciplinary learning. This field trip "action plan" ensures that a day at the beach goes smoothly for…
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The Learning-Style Teaching Model
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The recent surge of interest in science education reform is welcome news for teachers who are eager to engage students in active science learning. However, along with these positive steps in science education reform…
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Every Day Science Calendar: March 2007
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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Safer Science: Dangers in a Dish
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This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses two documents that will help with safety of culturing with microorganisms.
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Idea Bank: Changing Misconceptions
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During student-centered learning activities, students actively engage in their own learning based on individual prior understandings. It can be difficult for a teacher to know if students fully understand the concepts…
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Surveying Science Safety: NSTA analyzes safety in the classroom
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Results of a yearlong safety project prompted the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) to conduct a web-based study of its membership examining the potential need for a national safety indexing system with…
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Take a Tumble: Weathering and Erosion Using a Rock Tumbler
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The subtle effects of weathering and erosion are difficult to convey to students. However, through this activity, students can use a rock tumbler to gain a personal and scientific perspective on weather and erosion.…
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Science Sampler: The Element Walk
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“The Element Walk” lesson is effective at teaching students the elements that exist in common substances encountered every day. Students walk away from the lesson with a set of general rules that help them to easily…
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This article presents an approach for integrating instruction of scientific writing and reading into undergraduate science courses, inspired by the pedagogical theory of cognitive apprenticeship. Included, is a…
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Instructing Students in Academic Integrity
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Plagiarism is a great temptation to students in this digital age, in areas ranging from the purchase of term papers on the internet to improper citing of sources in reports to the inappropriate use of clickers in the…
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Developing an Interdisciplinary Curriculum Framework for Aquatic-Ecosystem Modeling
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This paper presents results from a July 2005 workshop and course aimed at developing an interdisciplinary course on modeling aquatic ecosystems that will provide the next generation of practitioners with critical skills…
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Space Week focuses on concepts that enable students to make concrete observations in the early grades (K—2) and move to concepts that help students develop their internet research and writing skills in middle and upper…
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Using Japanese Lesson Design to ANTicipate an Invasion on Maui
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Native ant species do not exist on the island of Maui, the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands. However, one ant, the little fire ant (LFA or Wasmannia auropunctata) has recently appeared in the region, being…
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The goal of educational reform in the United States is to shift from the dominant method of teaching facts to emphasizing higher-order cognitive skills (HOCS) learning. Outlining the benefits and feasibility of…
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A Backward Approach to Inquiry
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In the sciences, the National Science Education Standards further emphasize that learning science is an inquiry-based process; therefore, teaching methods should be inquiry-based. Use a backwards design approach to…
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