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Teaching Through Trade Books: It’s About Time
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“Is it time yet?” is a cry heard from many a student’s mouth. Is it time for lunch? Is it time to go home? Is it time for recess? Is it time for science? (we can always hope)… and the list can go on and on. Students…
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A Voyage through the Radio Universe
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The Radio Astronomy Research Team from from Oil City Area Senior High School (OCHS) in Oil City, Pennsylvania, embarked on a special project titled “Mapping the Universe” at the start of the 2000 school year. For the…
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Learning to Make Systematic Decisions
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How do communities deal with the needs of a growing population? How do they manage limited resources like land, energy, and water? How do they balance the needs of humans against the needs of native ecosystems? The case…
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As part of a unit on energy conservation, students suggested creating a landfill in the classroom. For the experiment students constructed nine clear plastic shoebox landfills. Students were provided visual evidence…
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Science Sampler: Using graphic organizers as formative assessment
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With the move in the last decade toward a standards-based science curriculum, assessment has become an important part of science teaching and learning. National policies such as the No Child Left Behind Act place…
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Teaching Technical Writing: Switching to concept-based lab reports
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Technical writers and technical writing skills are in great demand, and the high school science lab is the perfect place to lay the groundwork for technical writing skills. The concept-based lab report addresses two…
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Electronic Leaf Project: An innovative method for plant identification
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This article demonstrates the benefits of a direct application of technology into a science classroom by transferring a traditional activity, such as leaf identification, into an electronic format. The new dynamic…
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Bridging the Gap Between Classrooms and Research Laboratories
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In the ever-expanding realm of science, educators struggle to share new discoveries and techniques with their students. Keeping abreast of recent advances can be daunting, even for the most motivated teacher.…
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Career of the Month: An Interview With Oyster Wrangler Stephanie Reynolds
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Did you know that oysters, simply by eating, filter the water they live in? An adult oyster can filter up to 225 L of water every day! In addition, oyster reefs play the important role of sheltering many fish and crab…
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Tried and True: Write it, do it
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Effective writing is a keystone in the process of developing scientific knowledge. Scientists must be able to successfully communicate their findings so colleagues can confirm the authenticity of their claims through…
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Editor's Corner: Reaching All Students
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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Creative Writing and the Water Cycle
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Creative writing provides one strategy for helping students combine their powers of imagination with their arsenal of knowledge. Teachers also can use creative writing exercises to assess student understanding of…
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Editor’s Note: Seeing in the Dark
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It seems like such a simple concept, seeing an object; light leaves its source, is reflected off an object, and travels into our eyes. Without light, we cannot see. Light and electricity may seem to be simple concepts,…
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Activities that Really Measure Up
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Linear measurement is more than just learning how to use a ruler. In the early grades, measurement activities develop students’ understanding of the properties of objects as well as what it means to measure objects.…
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Argumentation in science involves offering and responding to claims, providing and asking for evidence or justifications, and analyzing those claims to formulate a decision (Gross 1990). The authors’ experience with…
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