JoinPoint of View: The Community College Funding Gap
In this month’s opinion piece, the author expresses her displeasure with President Bush’s commitment to provide more funding for community colleges, made in his third State of the Union address in January 2004. He proposed “increasing our support for America’s fine community colleges, and I will do that so they can train workers for industries that are providing the most jobs.” She feels that Bush shortchanged the role community colleges play in higher education, as enrollment is not limited to industry training programs. She asserts, "academic programs at community colleges are drastically underfunded, and that is where funds need to go." As 4-year colleges become more financially inaccessible, the role of the community college grows.
In this month’s opinion piece, the author expresses her displeasure with President Bush’s commitment to provide more funding for community colleges, made in his third State of the Union address in January 2004. He proposed “increasing our support for America’s fine community colleges, and I will do that so they can train workers for industries that are providing the most jobs.” She feels that Bush shortchanged the role community colleges play in higher education, as enrollment is not limited to industry training programs.
In this month’s opinion piece, the author expresses her displeasure with President Bush’s commitment to provide more funding for community colleges, made in his third State of the Union address in January 2004. He proposed “increasing our support for America’s fine community colleges, and I will do that so they can train workers for industries that are providing the most jobs.” She feels that Bush shortchanged the role community colleges play in higher education, as enrollment is not limited to industry training programs.
Idea Bank: The Area of an Irregular Object
Science teachers are often looking for ways to integrate more mathematics applications into laboratory situations. Quantifiable data can provide students with a greater understanding of scientific concepts. Direct application of these skills provides an interdisciplinary science-math approach to solving problems. One such application is for students to determine the area of an irregular object, which is described here.
Science teachers are often looking for ways to integrate more mathematics applications into laboratory situations. Quantifiable data can provide students with a greater understanding of scientific concepts. Direct application of these skills provides an interdisciplinary science-math approach to solving problems. One such application is for students to determine the area of an irregular object, which is described here.
Science teachers are often looking for ways to integrate more mathematics applications into laboratory situations. Quantifiable data can provide students with a greater understanding of scientific concepts. Direct application of these skills provides an interdisciplinary science-math approach to solving problems. One such application is for students to determine the area of an irregular object, which is described here.
Science 101: What's the difference between frogs and toads?
Frogs and toads belong to a group of Amphibians known as Anura (Latin for "without tail"). Though different on many levels, frogs and toads share some basic similarities. Here are the basic facts about these animal favorites.
Frogs and toads belong to a group of Amphibians known as Anura (Latin for "without tail"). Though different on many levels, frogs and toads share some basic similarities. Here are the basic facts about these animal favorites.
Frogs and toads belong to a group of Amphibians known as Anura (Latin for "without tail"). Though different on many levels, frogs and toads share some basic similarities. Here are the basic facts about these animal favorites.
Science 101: Are there different types of force and motion?
"Red Rover! Red Rover let Jesse come over!" Young students are familiar with the observable effects of force and motion but may not have considered the many varieties demonstrated in simple ways every day on the playground. This brief article offers the basics of force and motion for teachers.
"Red Rover! Red Rover let Jesse come over!" Young students are familiar with the observable effects of force and motion but may not have considered the many varieties demonstrated in simple ways every day on the playground. This brief article offers the basics of force and motion for teachers.
"Red Rover! Red Rover let Jesse come over!" Young students are familiar with the observable effects of force and motion but may not have considered the many varieties demonstrated in simple ways every day on the playground. This brief article offers the basics of force and motion for teachers.
Finding Science Past and Present: National Buildings Museum, Washington, D.C.
The National Buildings Museum, which was founded in 1980, is perhaps the only museum focusing exclusively on the art and science of design and building construction in the United States. Exhibits and programs explore the nation’s constructed environment and examine innovations in construction, engineering, design, and landscape architecture through urban planning models, photos, and other types of media. The museum’s most important artifact is the building in which it is housed. This structure was revolutionary in design when it was first constructed and is now, according to its own brochure, a “case study of achievement in the building arts.”
The National Buildings Museum, which was founded in 1980, is perhaps the only museum focusing exclusively on the art and science of design and building construction in the United States. Exhibits and programs explore the nation’s constructed environment and examine innovations in construction, engineering, design, and landscape architecture through urban planning models, photos, and other types of media. The museum’s most important artifact is the building in which it is housed.
The National Buildings Museum, which was founded in 1980, is perhaps the only museum focusing exclusively on the art and science of design and building construction in the United States. Exhibits and programs explore the nation’s constructed environment and examine innovations in construction, engineering, design, and landscape architecture through urban planning models, photos, and other types of media. The museum’s most important artifact is the building in which it is housed.
The Case Study: The Case of the Dividing Cell—Mitosis and Meiosis in the Cellular Court
The Honorable Judge Cellular is presiding over the case of the State v. Egg Cell Number 6624223. As the prosecuting attorney calls each witness to the stand and the courtroom drama unfolds, students learn about the stages of mitosis and meiosis and their particular characteristics, and how cell division in prokaryotes differs from that in eukaryotes.
The Honorable Judge Cellular is presiding over the case of the State v. Egg Cell Number 6624223. As the prosecuting attorney calls each witness to the stand and the courtroom drama unfolds, students learn about the stages of mitosis and meiosis and their particular characteristics, and how cell division in prokaryotes differs from that in eukaryotes.
The Honorable Judge Cellular is presiding over the case of the State v. Egg Cell Number 6624223. As the prosecuting attorney calls each witness to the stand and the courtroom drama unfolds, students learn about the stages of mitosis and meiosis and their particular characteristics, and how cell division in prokaryotes differs from that in eukaryotes.
The First Days of School offers anecdotal notes for new teachers and seasoned veterans on how to successfully facilitate your classroom in the first few days. These strategies will set the stage for the degree of success in your classroom over the course of the school year. This text includes suggestions on classroom management, lesson planning, and building a rapport with students.
The First Days of School offers anecdotal notes for new teachers and seasoned veterans on how to successfully facilitate your classroom in the first few days. These strategies will set the stage for the degree of success in your classroom over the course of the school year. This text includes suggestions on classroom management, lesson planning, and building a rapport with students.
Peer-reviewed, classroom-tested, and tailored specifically for introductory science courses, Favorite Demonstrations is an essential complement to every college instructor’s lesson plans.
The book is an all-in-one compilation of 36 popular classroom demonstrations published since 1993 in the “Favorite Demonstration” column of NSTA’s Journal of College Science Teaching.
The book is an all-in-one compilation of 36 popular classroom demonstrations published since 1993 in the “Favorite Demonstration” column of NSTA’s Journal of College Science Teaching.
Peer-reviewed, classroom-tested, and tailored specifically for introductory science courses, Favorite Demonstrations is an essential complement to every college instructor’s lesson plans.
The book is an all-in-one compilation of 36 popular classroom demonstrations published since 1993 in the “Favorite Demonstration” column of NSTA’s Journal of College Science Teaching.
The book is an all-in-one compilation of 36 popular classroom demonstrations published since 1993 in the “Favorite Demonstration” column of NSTA’s Journal of College Science Teaching.
Does human cloning present a threat or an opportunity? Do common cats constitute a major threat to wildlife? Will the development of new chemical and biological weapons deter war or lead to it? If you want students to think—really think—about the science behind some of today’s toughest controversies, this book will give you the facts and the framework to provoke fascinating debates.
Does human cloning present a threat or an opportunity? Do common cats constitute a major threat to wildlife? Will the development of new chemical and biological weapons deter war or lead to it? If you want students to think—really think—about the science behind some of today’s toughest controversies, this book will give you the facts and the framework to provoke fascinating debates.
Like a spirited idea exchange among experienced professors, Teaching Tips: Innovations in Undergraduate Science Instruction brings you the best thinking from campuses nationwide about how to engage undergraduate science students. Published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Society for College Science Teachers (SCST), Tips is a quick-read compilation of more than 50 innovative approaches that SCST members have found especially effective.
The book is organized into three parts:
The book is organized into three parts:
Like a spirited idea exchange among experienced professors, Teaching Tips: Innovations in Undergraduate Science Instruction brings you the best thinking from campuses nationwide about how to engage undergraduate science students. Published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Society for College Science Teachers (SCST), Tips is a quick-read compilation of more than 50 innovative approaches that SCST members have found especially effective.
The book is organized into three parts:
The book is organized into three parts: