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Yes, Virginia, Study Habits and Learning Techniques Are Key!
Teachers like to point out in discussions pertaining to higher-order thinking that their students often struggle with lower-order thinking. Their poin...
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From Concepts to Principles to Processes to Equations
There is a tendency for students to misunderstand order and priorities when learning advanced mathematics and physical science. Many times students be...
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Doing Calculations the Right Way
Observing a student trying to solve a word problem can often be a frustrating experience for the teacher. The secret to getting students to learn proc...
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How to Analyze: Building the Perfect Laboratory Rat
Mastering analytical thinking is equally important to problem-solving proficiency for students’ enrichment and their preparation for professional ca...
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OK, Now All My Students Will Love Science and Math, Right?
In math and science, maybe more than any other subjects, it is important that teachers be realistic and refrain from blaming themselves for all failur...
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But I Still Don't Feel Comfortable Teaching This
Many teachers will find themselves teaching upper-level subjects they do not feel adequately prepared to teach. In smaller schools, there may even be ...
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For no other reason than their sheer numbers, insects warrant a chapter in a book on outdoor science. Many species of insects have survived for millio...
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Life on Earth as we know it is dependent on plants. This chapter will help you provide some of these initial experiences for students, but these lesso...
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Where does water go when it flows down a river? Can water move land? What is the most effective way to use water to grow plants? These are just a few ...
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The lessons in this chapter touch on the major topics that can be addressed on this subject, but they only represent a small portion of what can be ac...
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The lesson, in this chapter, engages students in the concepts and processes of biological evolution. It also introduces the EVO DVD. The lesson begins...
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Why Should Anyone Care About Evolution?
This chapter is designed as a final evaluation and serves as a culmination for EVO. Students are asked to develop an argument for evolution. The less...
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This chapter begins by asking students the questions, Who was Charles Darwin? and What do you know about him? After collecting students’ current kno...
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This chapter uses an invitation to inquiry strategy to answer the question, What is natural selection? The students are engaged by a problem of a farm...
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The lesson, in this chapter, begins with the concept of species. Students have a general understanding of what species are. They know, for example, th...