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Strong STEMs Need Strong Sprouts!
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In this article students examine how and why plants work through in-depth investigations based on their questions that go far beyond a first-grade understanding of plants.
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The Journal of College Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Science 2.0: Combine Your Technologies for 21st-Century Results
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This column shares web tools that support learning. In this month’s issue, the author discusses using combinations of technologies so students can complete open-ended tasks, which offer opportunities to practice 21st-…
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From <em> Frustrating </em> Forgetfulness to <em> Fabulous </em> Forethought
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Teens exhibit many types of behaviors—of both inattention and intense focus. From an adult’s perspective, one cannot help but wonder why this happens. Part of the answer lies in the neural restructuring of the…
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Scope on Safety: OSHA's Newest Lab Resources
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses OSHA's new publication Laboratory Safety Guidance.
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Teachers who successfully use diverse learning modes in their instructional approaches accomplish several remarkable things. First, they create a climate where the ways of knowing central to the different modalities are…
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Commentary: The Underlying Life Lesson
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Are you, as a science teacher, ever left exhausted at the end of the day wondering, “Is it really worth the effort?” After over 50 years on this Earth—the author can safely say yes, it is. However, he is not a science…
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The experts address the following questions in this month’s column: What would a compass do on the Moon? and Where in our solar system can an object achieve the greatest terminal velocity?
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Editor's Corner: Reaching for the Stars
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on NASA's space explorations.
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Taking Science Dialogue by Storm
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One teacher examines classroom discourse through a unit on tornadoes and natural catastrophes.
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Scope on the Skies: Planets highlight the evening skies
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue explains how the year comes to an end with four of the brightest planets visible above the horizon at sunset.
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Science Shorts: Stretched to the Limit
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Children need to explore as many different materials as possible in order to make sense of their world. Understanding how materials behave in their natural state and under certain conditions will help them understand…
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An aquarium, land trust, and fifth-grade class collaborate in an ongoing, multidisciplinary project combining fieldwork and research. Students create and observe eastern bluebird habitats, keeping detailed journals. A…
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Science as a Moving Experience for All Learners
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Students with disabilities (SWDs), students at risk, and even honors students can have a hard time relating to traditional science instruction and often disengage. However, research has shown that when science teachers…
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Through a sequence of three related learning cycles--exploring seeds, germinating seeds and monitoring plant experiments--third-grade students answer answer these and other questions about plant growth and discover that…
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