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The Case Study: The Benign Hamburger—Teaching the Nuclear Science Behind Food Irradiation

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. I...

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Errors as Teaching Tools—The Mass Media Mistake: Engendering in Students a Healthy Skepticism for the Printed Word

While scientists may recognize a mass media mistake, the level of basic scientific understanding among many students—even college students—is too ...

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Journalism as a Path to Scientific Literacy: Helping Students Connect Important Science Concepts with Real World Issues at New York's Baruch College

Conceiving a means to help students see the relevancy of science to the world around them, and after extensive discussions between the natural science...

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Favorite Demonstration: A Vivid Demonstration of Fall Leaf Color Changes—Assessing the Environmental Factors that Affect Plant Metabolism

Fall is a time when the splendors of nature are unveiled through the transformation of leaf colors. Daylight, temperature, and nutritional variations ...

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Guest Editorial: Improving Undergraduate Science Education—National Initiatives, Local Implications

In this article, the Chair of the National Research Council's Committee on Undergraduate Science shares thoughts about the national attention on the i...

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Developing a Faculty Portfolio—Tips and Suggestions for Science Educators: Constructing a Portfolio That Won't Sell You Short

Faculty portfolios can serve as excellent repositories for a faculty member's scholarly activities. Using the guidelines provided, faculty portfolios ...

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Integrating Experiential Learning into the Study of Nutrition: Weighing the Dietary Habits of Students at Maryland's Goucher College

Experiential learning allows students to apply knowledge learned in the classroom to real life problem solving and decision making. This article descr...

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Heretical Thoughts II—On Lessons We Learned from Our Graduate Advisor That Have Impacted Our Undergraduate Teaching

A great deal was learned during our graduate education that we have consciously and unconsciously applied to undergraduate instruction. Instructional...

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Favorite Demonstration: Using Calcium and Calcium Binding Proteins To Teach Signal Transduction in Cell Physiology—Demonstrating Conformational Changes of Proteins Using the Simple yet Powerful Technique of PAGE

This exercise teaches students science by demonstrating the ability of calmodulin to bind and lose calcium with attendant alterations in protein confo...

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How to Make Nonscience Majors More Receptive to Organic Chemistry: Building Student Intrigue in Chemistry—Brooklyn College’s “Stories-Behind-the-Story” Strategy

Stories of crime and punishment serve as the impetus for engaging students in science topics as part of a unique approach to teaching chemistry at Bro...