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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Back-to-School Dress for Success
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This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue offers some tips on how to make that winning first impression on your own students and colleagues.
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Play a game to facilitate students' understanding of the complex and abstract concept of neurons.
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It all began with casual conversation between a university supervisor and classroom teachers and approval to use an unused classroom at a local elementary school. The space became the hub of an exciting professional…
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An effective way to implement constructivism in the classroom is through the use of K'NEX building sets, an ideal exmple of toys that teach. In this activity, students construct knowledge by building bridges. K'NEX…
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Promoting Physical Science to Education Majors: Making Connections between Science and Teaching
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We address student attitudes toward physical science content knowledge and skills by modeling pedagogy appropriate for the K–8 classroom. Attitude measurements show that students are initially reticent in their approach…
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Safer Science: EMFs: Pulling the Plug!
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Over the past decade, many headlines have noted the potential dangers of extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic field (EMFs) exposures—especially for children and young adults. Unfortunately, the jury is still…
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Kids love animals, especially learning about them. Investigating the differences among an "animal part"--such as feet--of various species can be an intriguing way to help students develop classification skills and…
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This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue focuses on Astrobiology—the investigation into the possibility of extraterrestrial life—a topic that…
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Using Mathematics to Conduct Social Analyses of Bottlenose Dolphins in Science Classrooms
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Observe dolphin social interactions in an interdisciplinary math and life science unit.
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Scope on Safety: Sizing Up for Safety
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses occupancy load.
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Virtual Field Trip to Antarctica: An integrated unit of science, language arts, and technology
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Using a private, interactive Internet site, students took a virtual field trip to Antarctica. This activity was a collaborative project between science and language arts teachers to help fifth-grade students learn how…
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Idea Bank: Getting a Crack out of Ice
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Why does an ice cube make a cracking sound when it is dropped in a glass of water? How can we make a louder cracking sound? Does the loudness depend on the temperature of the water? Can the cracking sound be eliminated…
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Idea Bank - Education and Research: Testing Hypotheses (EARTH)
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The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA) have created an educational outreach program titled "Education and Research: Testing Hypotheses (EARTH)," which will serve as a…
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Idea Bank: Shedding Light on White
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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, a simple demonstration shows students the concept of mixing colored light to create white light.
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All That Glitters May Not Be Gold
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In this decision case, a congressional staffer must weigh a number of competing needs, including the popular reactions to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the need to eliminate vitamin A deficiency, in deciding…
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