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The ingredient lists of your shampoo, makeup, and moisturizer are likely to include a dizzying number of unknown ingredients. What these ingredients are and do is a mystery to most consumers. However, many cosmetics…
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On a recent autumn afternoon at Harmony Leland Elementary in Mableton, Georgia, students in a fifth-grade science class investigated the essential process of classification—the act of putting things into groups…
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Perspectives: Science and Mathematics—A Natural Connection
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Nowhere in our daily lives do we separate tasks into specific subjects before we take action. Yet in schools we continue to teach the various disciplines as separate areas of knowledge. What if school, like the real…
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Science Sampler: Fossil detectives
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Middle school students are transformed into Fossil detectives as they examine the fossil record and use evidence about paleo-environments to develop an understanding of structure and function in living systems and…
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These high-interest activities use humor to complement traditional classroom learning. For example, after completing a three-week unit of physics labs, middle school students watched several Three Stooges films and…
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Where Does Our Food Come From?
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Problem-based learning (PBL) is one approach to teaching science that supports the notion that students construct knowledge within contextual settings, and that critical thinking and application are best fostered within…
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The Early Years: Objects in Motion
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this month’s issue students use small objects, such as tops, to explore motion. Students then perform data collection of…
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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Breaking the Midwinter Monotony
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This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue discusses how to keep students engaged throughout the winter months.
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Under most circumstances, flying paper airplanes during class would not be allowed, but at the close of this 6th grade class students are encouraged to fly all sorts of paper airplanes. This mini-unit makes the last few…
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Many poems for children published in the past few decades focus on aspects of environmental study. Combining these newer contributions with poetry published in the past can greatly enhance children’s study of the…
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Action Research Meets Engineering Design
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Engaging in sustained and collaborative action research is one way science teachers can build the bridge between improving student learning and their own professional learning as teachers and teacher-researchers. This…
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Tried and True: Newton's first law: A learning cycle approach
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Demonstrate how Newton's first law of motion applies to students' everyday lives with this learning cycle series of activities on inertia. This activity is sure to elicit wide-eyed stares and puzzled looks from students…
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Connecting Earthquakes and Violins
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Violins, earthquakes, and the "singing rod" demonstration all have something in common--stick-slip frictional motion. This article begins with a typical classroom experiment used to understand the transition between…
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Case Study: Ah-choo! Increased Risk of Pollen Allergies in the Northern Hemisphere
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In this problem-based learning activity designed for nonscience majors, students assume the roles of scientists working for a public relations firm. Teams of students design communication products illustrating links…
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Science Sampler: The atomic dating game
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This chemistry activity helps students visualize and understand how and why atoms combine. This concept is critical to a student's understanding of chemistry.
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