The Science Teacher—February 2020

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Volume 87, Number 6

The word assessment conjures up many questions for science teachers. Is it a necessary evil? When is it helpful and beneficial? What is lost during the mandatory weeks of proctoring standardized exams to our overtested, stressed, and, sometimes, apathetic students?

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Assessment in the Science Classroom

By Ann Haley Mackenzie

High School Assessment

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Gauging Rainfall With CoCoRaHS

By Jill Nugent

High School Citizen Science Earth & Space Science

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Measuring Shadows to Calculate the Size of Earth

By Paul G. Hewitt

High School Mathematics Physics

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Teacher Spotlight: Paula Hogan

By The Science Teacher

High School Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Versatile 3D Printed Colorimetry Toolkits

By Claudia Bode, William G. Welch, Sarah Abeita, and Julian R. Silverman

High School Labs Makerspace Physical Science

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A Chemistry Puzzle to Be Solved

By Barry Friedman

High School Chemistry Labs

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CRISPR and Genetics Technology

By Chris Anderson

High School Life Science Literacy

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Action Research for Science Teachers

By Scott B. Watson and Michelle J. Barthlow

Literacy Research Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

By Erin Peters Burton, Peter Rich, Timothy Cleary, Stephen Burton, Anastasia Kitsantas, Garrett Egan, and Jordan Ellsworth

High School Interdisciplinary Literacy Teaching Strategies

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Comics in the Classroom

By Amee Jeanette Hennig, Brooke A. Whitworth, and Allison Huff Macpherson

High School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Inquiry Literacy

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Speleologist Bill Steele

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers

Journal Article

The Tuskegee Airmen: Teaching the 4Cs

By Amara Alexander

High School Literacy