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Science and Literacy: Tools for Life
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This article describes three interconnected strategies to help form the structure of support that you and your students can use to reach both goals simultaneously: performance expectations for students, explicit…
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Ecohydrology as an Undergraduate Degree: Challenges in Developing an Interdisciplinary Major
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In the new ecohydrology major at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), students learn about the relationships between hydrologic mechanisms and ecological patterns and processes in watersheds and aquatic systems. The…
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children for 1999: Books published in 1998
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These books were selected as outstanding children's science trade books, and are intended primarily for K-8. The selection was made by a book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) in…
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Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is an international, broad-based water science and education program for formal and informal educators of students in grades K–12. It is part of a larger water resource…
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Mystery Boxes, X Rays, and Radiology
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When teaching the electromagnetic spectrum, it is often difficult to move beyond the concepts of light and color and create memorable, hands-on learning experiences. How do you teach students that the twentieth century…
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Idea Bank: ExploraVision—Extracurricular Research and Development
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The ExploraVision model encourages students to use their knowledge and creativity to solve real-world problems. It gives any student, at any grade level, the opportunity to participate in scientific collaboration. This…
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An engineering challenge seamlessly integrates science, technology, and math. Students try to build a PVC-pipe buoy that will support as many golf balls as possible while floating freely.
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Editor's Roundtable: Start the new year right
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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The instructors of an Earth science course used WebCT, a multipurpose software package, to create an online supplement to their course. It included class e-mail, science hyperlinks, an online calendar, an online…
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K—12: Books Published in 2006
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Apples and oranges … and lychees and loquats—how can one compare? That’s the challenge when a team of NSTA’s best science educators attempt to select the best of each year’s science trade books. It’s been 34 years since…
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Student Geoscientists Explore the Earth: During Earth Science Week 2005
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Visit the American Geological Institute (AGI) Earth Science Week website to learn about how you can provide your students with inquiry-based learning experiences that celebrates the theme, "Geoscientists Explore the…
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Although it is hard to claim that one or two school visits by a scientist will change how students think about science and their place in it, the authors’ experience suggests that, for many students, a school visit by a…
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Our nation is experiencing a general trend of declining enrollments in mathematics and science majors study tracks. The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Oceanography major is "bucking this trend" with a combination of non-…
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Tech Trek: Software that makes the grade
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As you make plans for the upcoming school year, consider reviewing one of the many gradebook software packages that are available for organizing and computing your classroom grades. Many different packages are available…
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Cartooning Your Way to Student Motivation
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Unmotivated, underachieving students pose a huge challenge for teachers. One way to motivate and stimulate student interest in a topic is to use humor. Humor can help students make new connections in learning and…
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