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Archive: Science Update: Observing Hurricanes with Ocean Drones, June 8, 2023

Advancing our understanding of hurricanes and improving forecasts require measurements from the most violent parts of the storms, where ships and aircraft cannot safely travel. The ocean-atmosphere interface within a hurricane is difficult to measure...

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Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: The Science Teacher Special Issue on Immunology and COVID-19, March 15, 2023

The editors of the January/February 2023 issue of The Science Teacher join us to discuss the Special Issue on Immunology. The issue provides space for sharing current teaching strategies and tools for teaching about epidemics and viruses. W...

High School Postsecondary Biology Chemistry Life Science STEM

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Archive: Science Update: Europa Clipper: Exploring an Ocean World, May 11, 2023

In this web seminar, a team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will share information about the exciting Europa Clipper mission that will explore Jupiter’s moon Europa. Launching in 2024, Europa Clipper will study Europa’s icy surface and su...

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Playing With Garbage

By Jonathan Cade Gilbert and Jerrid Kruse

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Engineering for Ecological and Social Justice

By Veronica Cassone McGowan and Todd Campbell

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What Lies Beneath?

By Catherine E. Matthews, Katie Singleton, Manda M. Jackson, Cory A. Bentley, and Heidi Carlone

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Why Should We All Embrace Statistical Thinking?

By Kristin Hunter-Thomson

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At the Zooseum

By Bonnie Glass, Sara Dail, Nicole Ahn, and Tammy Lee

Biology Crosscutting Concepts Life Science

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Eco Chess

By Colby Tofel-Grehl, Sarah Braden, Candace Penrod, Laura Wheeler, Tyler Hansen, Andrew Jones, and Clayton Chamberlain

Elementary Interdisciplinary Life Science Physical Science Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Energy

“Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen.” — Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything ...

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn

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Using a Game to Teach Invasive Species Spread and Management

Invasive species are a major ecological and economic problem at the global scale, and education plays a major role in raising awareness and combating these species’ future spread. There are complex management and economic issues associated with p...

By Joshua Lord

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An Evolution in Teaching Natural Selection

By Kadi Hogan

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Immersive Learning Through Experiential Inquiry of a Virtual Epidemic

By Tyler Hansen, Deborah Fields, Amanda Strawhacker, and Yasmin Kafaiy

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Going Viral!

By Delaney Worthington, Andrew Warnock, Mike Viney, Victoria Jordan, Jennifer Mclean, Karina Hassell, Lynne Judish, and Courtney Butler

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We Are Living It

By Lindsey Mohan, Wayne Wright, Katie Van Horne, Joy Barnes-Johnson, Holly Hereau, Arash Jamshidi, Rebecca G. Kaplan, Audrey Mohan, Dawn Novak, Michael Novak, Allysa Orwig, Ty Scaletta, Nicole Vick, and Daniel C. Voss

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