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Research shows that environment-centered education improves student achievement. Whatever your school’s setting—urban, suburban, or rural—you ca...

By Steve Rich

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Even More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching

What are the odds of a meteor hitting your house? What are “warm” clothes anyway? Do you get “more” sunlight from Daylight Saving Time? Everyo...

By Richard Konicek-Moran

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Inside-Out: Environmental Science in the Classroom and the Field, Grades 3–8

Teachers seeking new ways to integrate Earth science, chemistry, physical geography, and life science into a study of the environment should just step...

By Robert W. Blake, Jr., J. Adam Frederick, Sarah Haines, Stephanie Colby Lee

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Science Education Leadership: Best Practices for the New Century

Achieving science literacy for every student is the common goal of all science educators. It requires leaders from a broad spectrum of the science edu...

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Lecture-Free Teaching: A Learning Partnership Between Science Educators and Their Students

Lecture-Free Teaching: A Learning Partnership Between Science Educators and Their Students provides readers with an innovative alternative to routine ...

By Bonnie S. Wood

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Forestry Field Studies: A Manual for Science Teachers

Why forestry field studies? As experienced teachers of scientific ecology and forestry concepts, we believe that a forest or woodlot can provide teach...

By David D. Glenn, Donald I. Dickmann

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The Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and Engineering: A Guidebook for Secondary Teachers

Given the ability of nanoscience and nanotechnology to exploit the unique properties that matter exhibits at the nanoscale, the research resulting f...

By Shawn Y. Stevens, LeeAnn M. Sutherland, Joseph S. Krajcik

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Activities Linking Science With Math, K-4

Science does not exist in a vacuum and, therefore, shouldn’t be taught that way. In that spirit, Activities Linking Science With Math, K-4, is a han...

By John Eichinger

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