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Haiku and science both focus on nature and require excellent observational abilities. This article describes the characteristics of haiku and a haiku assignment used in college biology courses. Students carefully…
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Point of View: Questions From the Edge: Using Informal Surveys to Build Rapport With Students
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“Astronomy helps us answer the ultimate question of human existence,” and “Astronomy helps us understand the meaning of our own existence.” These thoughts caught the attention of one professor who wondered what students…
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How could a rock formed by volcanic activity get to this shoreline, surrounded by sedimentary rocks? That was the question a group of third-grade students asked—and answered—during an inquiry-based summer camp. Over a…
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Commentary: The Digital Divide
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An opinion piece about the technology gap.
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Many teachers fall into the pattern of “assumptive teaching” (Herber 1970), assuming that other instructors will teach students the important strategies they need for learning. In this case, tools and strategies may not…
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Toying with Motion: Exploring Newton's laws of motion with student activities
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Students are motivated to understand and apply Newton’s laws of motion by playing with toys. This activity allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the laws of motion and requires far more than just…
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A science fair might be the last thing you think of when planning a kindergarten science curriculum, but the authors found it to be the perfect avenue for teaching their students science-process skills. Here they share…
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Students design a model house and learn about the properties of materials. The "Design a Model House" challenge has students learning to describe, select, and test materials to solve a problem.
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Science sampler: Before- , during-, and after-reading strategies
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While students are at school, they mostly receive reading instruction during language arts classes and the focus is usually on fiction. Try these simple and effective strategies to facilitate successful nonfiction…
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Investigating Continental Margins
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In this article students investigate North America's continental margins using GeoMapApp, a free global topography database. Each student investigates continental margins along the East, West, and Gulf Coasts,…
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Improving Active Learning by Integrating Scientific Abstracts Into Biological Science Courses
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The author discusses using scientific abstracts in a genetics course. Students are introduced to topics via abstracts within lectures, as quiz material, and as homework to develop their understanding of how and why…
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Science 101: Why do we classify things in science?
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Each year, in thousands of classrooms across the country, students classify animals, rocks, and other things as part of their science studies. Each year, thousands of students no doubt ask, “Why in the heck are we doing…
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Favorite Demonstration: The Roles of Different Mobile Phases in Liquid Chromatography
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The activity described in this article will demonstrate the role of mobile phase polarity on the separation of dyes having different solubilities in polar and nonpolar solutions. A paper chromatography system is used in…
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PREPping Students for Authentic Science
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In this article, the authors describe a large-scale research collaboration, the Partnership for Research and Education in Plants (PREP), which has capitalized on publicly available databases that contain massive amounts…
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As elementary students progress from learning to read toward reading to learn, it is vital that they become strategic readers. A strategic reader is one who understands when and how to use a strategy in order to…
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