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The author, a professor at SUNY Geneseo, reports on her experiences using primary literature as the major focus of a seminar on evolutionary biology. Having discovered that the choice of articles can be the key to…
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The Affective Elements of Science Learning
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Student attitudes can have a positive or negative effect on learning. According to Duschl, Schweingruber, and Shouse, “[students’] goals for science learning, their beliefs about their ability to do science, and the…
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Editor’s Corner: Our Patchwork Heritage
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Enriching the classroom experience for all learners will contribute fabric to the great patchwork heritage that is our nation’s strength. Therefore, in recognition of the need to include all types of diverse learners,…
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While not organic in nature, quick-“growing” artificial membranes can be a profound visual aid when teaching students about cellular processes and the chemical nature of membranes. Students are often intrigued when they…
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Guest Editorial: Strategic Planning at the NSF: A Sea-Change for Undergraduate Institutions
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An opinion piece about the integration of research and teaching at undergraduate institutions.
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How can a teacher simultaneously teach science concepts through inquiry while helping students learn about the nature of science? After pondering this question in their own teaching, the authors developed a 5E learning…
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The author’s most meaningful professional development (PD) experience was not a workshop or institute; nor did it result from a course or professional reading. Rather, it came in the form of Betsy—the second-grade…
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Webbing Through Science History
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Virtual experiments, data logging the internet--these are just a few of the ways technology is changing the classroom environment today, ushering in a new learning opportunity for students and new ways for teachers to…
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Science Sampler: Using sheltered instruction to teach English Language Learners
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Sheltered instruction is not a commercial program but is a set of instructional practices used specifically with English Language Learners (ELL). It embeds existing instructional strategies such as wait time, visual…
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Tried and True: Investigating Change Using the Invisible-Test-Tube Demonstration
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This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue describes a simple, inexpensive, engaging way to teach refraction that students will talk about for the entire school year.
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The Division of Chemical Education Revisited, 25 Years Later
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This paper examines what has happened over a period of 25 years since a separate Division of Chemical Education was created within the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University. It argues that the faith in the…
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Take plant lessons outdoors with this engaging and inquiry-based activity in which third-grade students learn how to apply soil conservation methods to growing plants. They also collect data and draw conclusions about…
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JELL-O and Detergents: A Successful Inquiry Recipe
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The beginning of a new school year is an exciting time. Capture that excitement by engaging your 10th-grade biology students in an inquiry project that demonstrates the nature of science and scientific inquiry. The Next…
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When Goldilocks finds three bowls of porridge at different temperatures in the three bears’ house, she accurately assess the situation and comes up with one of the most recognizable lines in children’s literature, “This…
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They’re M-e-e-elting! An Investigation of Glacial Retreat in Antarctica
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Why has glacial melting occurred? What happens when that much freshwater enters the ocean? Will this melting continue? These questions inspired the authors to design a directed inquiry in which middle school students…
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