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Addressing Science-Religion Interactions by Teaching About Science in the Elementary Grades
Teaching science can be a challenging endeavor, especially for elementary school teachers. In this chapter, we first define science and identify impor...
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Science and Religion in Middle School and High School Classrooms
This chapter is at the heart of the conflict around teaching evolution—the classrooms of middle and high school teachers. Our overall approach gives...
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Science and Religion in Higher Education
This chapter explores how religion surfaces in science teaching and learning in higher education contexts. First, it explores models of college studen...
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Lessons About Science and Religion From Informal Science Educators
Teaching evolution can be challenging whether you are a formal or informal educator. This chapter introduces information on visitor learning of evolut...
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Talking About Science and Religion Beyond the Classroom
This chapter provides a consolidated and modified list of advice that we find helpful for science-religion outreach. Many of the points are similar to...
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the largest general science organization in the world. Among the range of initiative...
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The Future of Science and Religion in American Schools
While it is not usually the first thing that science educators focus on in our communication with students, colleagues, or community members, the act ...
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Leave It to Beavers: Should We Relocate the Beaver Dam?
In this lesson, suggested for grades K-2, students examine the manner in which beavers change their environment to survive by building dams and lodges...
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Swingy Thingy: What Makes a Great Playground?
In this lesson, suggested for grades K-2, students explore the way pushes and pulls affect the speed and direction of objects using both playground sw...
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Take a (Farm) Stand: Can Plants Help Us Fight Hunger?
In this lesson, suggested for grades K-2, students conduct a series of experiments on bean plants to determine what plants need to live and grow. They...
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Monkey Business: Do We Need Zoos?
In this lesson, suggested for grades K-2, students take two virtual visits to a zoo—one by reading a book and the other by conducting online researc...
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Soaky, Doaky: What’s the Best Way to Clean Up Spills?
Is Bounty really the “quicker picker upper”? In this lesson, suggested for grades K-2, students have the opportunity to test advertisers’ claims...
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Bee-ing There for Bees: Are Bees Disappearing?
In this lesson, suggested for grades K-2, students learn about bee anatomy and behavior. They develop and test bee models to demonstrate their underst...
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Weather or Not? Should We Rebuild in Twisterville?
In this lesson, suggested for grades K-3, students are introduced to tornadoes through a picture book. They make observations using water-filled bottl...
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Eggstreme Sports: Is Football Too Dangerous for Kids?
In this lesson, suggested for grades 3-5, students learn about brain anatomy to reinforce the idea that the brain is an internal structure that has a ...