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Think of it as a linear particle accelerator, but instead of atoms, golf balls are propelled at speeds up to 200 miles per hour through a corridor tha...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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What About Lecturing? Recent Study States Not As Effective
“To lecture or not to lecture” – that seems to be the question that has received much attention in recent years. It is similar to topics such ...
By Christine Royce
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But Why Does the Balloon Stick to the Wall After I Rub It on My Hair?
What types of materials can be electrically charged? How does current flow in a circuit? Will a magnet pick up any kind of metal?...
By Carole Hayward
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Literacy and science: Writing and communicating
This is a continuation of a question about Literacy and science: Reading and comprehension. The question dealt with incorporating literacy practices a...
By Mary Bigelow
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eCYBERMISSION 2014: Standout STEM Students Succeed
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) congratulates the national winners of the 12th annual eCYBERMISSION competition, which NSTA administe...
By Guest Blogger
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Children play year-round but some media for play is more easily used in summer. Some recent play that I’ve observed: Observing the motion of wo...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Science of Golf: potential and kinetic energy
For the first time ever, the women are playing their U.S. Open on the same course as the men. Watch 2010 U.S. Women’s Open champ Paula Creamer in Sc...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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Pinehurst No.2, the site of the 2014 U.S. Open, was not the lush, green, wall-to-wall carpet that most people expect to see at one of golf’s majors....
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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Literacy and science: Reading and comprehending
One of our goals for the coming year is to incorporate more literacy practices into science instruction. Some of our teachers are eager to do more of ...
By Mary Bigelow