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From Misconceptions to Conceptual Change
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We all have misconceptions about the world in which we live—how it works, how we interact with it, how it changes, and the reasons behind those changes. These misunderstandings are personal notions we create to make…
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In order to best teach fourth-grade students about rocks, the author used an empowering metaphor—rocks as stories from the past—that was applied to an entire unit. Rather than seeing rocks as lifeless, uninteresting…
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The Benefits of Formative Assessments for Teaching and Learning
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Formative assessments are usually informal and can range from oral question-and-answer sessions in class to performance events or quizzes. Stiggens and DuFour (2009) state that teachers and schools should use formative…
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The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA)
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By studying Antarctica via satellite and through ground-truthing research, we can learn where the ice is melting and why. The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA), a new and cutting-edge way for scientists,…
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An institution-wide focus on deep learning has made significant changes in the biology and physics core course curriculum at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The biology course director has reworked course objectives to…
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Favorite Demonstration: The Internet-Telephone Interview as a Classroom Teaching Tool
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The in-class telephone interview is discussed as a teaching tool that adds an additional active-learning dimension to a classroom environment. Students can actively engage in dialogue with the interviewee using high-…
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Scope on Safety: Taking the "demon" out of demonstrations
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When accidents occur, the administration usually responds by imposing a moratorium on demonstrations and lab activities. Imagine if authorities reacted in a similar manner in the real world. Airplanes would no longer…
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When Things Go Wrong—The results Can Turn Out Right
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For several years, the author’s fifth-grade students raised and observed plants, kept journals, and analyzed the functions of the parts of a plant. But this year, a near disaster taught her a lesson and increased the…
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In this activity students investigate and monitor fault zones around the world and learn about seismology.
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It was students’ fascination with the television show Survivor that led the author to incorporate the novels Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World (Armstrong 1998) and Carry On, Mr. Bowditch (Latham 1983) into the…
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A Look at the <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i>
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This article and the accompanying diagram provide an overview on the architecture of the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Every Day Science Calendar: March 2010
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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To supplement your summer reading, NSTA’s affiliates would like to suggest some recent articles on education research, covering such topics as diversity, technology, and science teacher retention. Start with The…
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Putting Science Literacy on Display
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A museum setting incorporates language arts into science lessons. This article describes how a class turned its library into a museum by displaying student projects that were generated from an air and weather unit.
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Society for College Science Teachers: If You Go Down to the Woods Today…
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In this month’s column, the author reflects on his childhood experiences of “playing in the woods” and his insatiable love of the outdoors as compared to today’s youth, who spend the majority of their free time inside…
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