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Science Sampler: A “handy” way to teach classification

When teaching the five kingdoms to middle school students, use this “handy” mnemonic device that helps students recall kingdom names, as well as a...

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Scope on Safety: Dissection—Don’t cut out safety

In June 2005, the NSTA Board of Directors adopted a revised position statement, Responsible Use of Live Animals and Dissection in the Science Classroo...

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Science Sampler: Recycling aluminum cans in the lab—Two inexpensive inquiry activities

Don’t throw away that aluminum can! Don’t even place it in the recycling bin. Instead, use it in your next science lab. In addition to the economi...

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Using Web-Based Simulations to Promote Inquiry

Science teachers seek engaging, effective, and inquiry-based activities that are standards-aligned and convenient to implement in their classrooms. Fo...

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Resourceful Science Integration

Recognizing that many issues of Science and Children contain helpful and varied examples of science integration that might be pertinent to a particula...

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Editor’s Corner: Do the Math

Of all the disciplines, mathematics would seem to be the easiest to connect with science. After all, mathematics is the “the language of science.”...

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Cheep, Chirp, Twitter, & Whistle

In this article, we describe an interdisciplinary, activity-based lesson plan implemented in a third/fourth-grade classroom. During these activities...

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Science Sampler: Making the most of limited lab facilities

Despite less-than-adequate lab facilities, it is possible to come up with creative ways to provide your students with quality, lab-based activities. T...

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Science Sampler: The SI system on the basketball court

For many students, the metric system of SI units is so complex that it is shifted into the realm of the mystical and then forgotten. Here is a fun and...

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Idea Bank: Effective Data Representation

Science students often have a difficult time distinguishing between data collection and data representation and interpretation. It is important for st...