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The Structures and Properties of Carbon
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The four main forms of carbon—diamond, graphite, buckyballs, and CNTs—are an excellent vehicle for teaching fundamental principles of chemical bonding, material structure, and properties. Carbon atoms form a variety of…
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Real Earthquakes, Real Learning
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One teacher took her class on a year long earthquake expedition. The goal was to monitor the occurrences of real earthquakes during the year and mark their locations with push pins on a wall-sized world map in the…
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Every Day Science Calendar: March 2011
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Facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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The Case Study: Senior Seminar
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Incorporating a case study format into a senior seminar course is a novel method of teaching the components of a successful seminar. Within this format, seminar presenters familiarize their audience with relevant…
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Every Day Science Calendar (May 2009)
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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Career of the Month: An Interview With Urologist Chad DeRosa
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The organs, tubes, muscles, and nerves that work together to create, store, and carry urine make up the urinary system. Urologists are surgeons that focus on diseases of this system—which includes the kidneys, ureters,…
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There is little doubt that well performed lecture demonstrations play an important role in science teaching (Straits and Wilke 2006): for many students, exciting demonstrations are what keep them interested and…
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Models for Integrating Technology in Higher Education: The Physics of Sound
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Institutions that place laptops in the hands of every student offer unique opportunities to integrate technology into instruction. The following is a description of how various technologies have been introduced into a…
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Editor’s Roundtable: Monitoring and assessing student learning
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An effective teacher never leaves a key part of a lesson without checking to make sure there is an appropriate level of mastery before moving on to the next lesson segment. Teachers must monitor and assess student…
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Idea Bank: Convection in a Fish Tank
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Understanding convection is fundamental for students to fully grasp the science behind large-scale events on Earth, such as global wind patterns, plate tectonic movement, ocean current patterns, and hydrothermal vent…
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Performing inquiry should enhance the intellectual development of students on numerous levels. We evaluate whether inquiry-based activities elicit inquiry behaviors by comparing these activities with traditional review…
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Outbreak! is an online, interactive educational game that helps students and teachers learn and evaluate clinical microbiology skills. When the game was used in introductory microbiology laboratories, qualitative…
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Class Research Projects in Ecology Courses: Methods to “Un-can” the Experience
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Research-like experiences range from relatively “canned” labs that are highly controlled by the instructor (such as those described in Lord and Orkwiszewski 2006) to more individually designed projects (e.g., Switzer…
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Kermit to Kermette? Does the Herbicide Atrazine Feminize Male Frogs?
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This interrupted case study, developed for an honors seminar and a nonmajors chemistry course, is based on data taken from a series of published research articles. The case explores the unintended side effects of…
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Science Shorts: All That Matters
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The states of matter are a foundational property in physical science. Not only do they help students understand the physical world around them but also provide experiences on which to build later concepts, such as…
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