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Journal Article
The Early Years: Birds in Winter
Science and art go hand-in-hand, as scientists make art to share their observations. Two scientists who are widely known first as artists are Leonardo...
Journal Article
Learning makes more sense and is retained when it has a context and connection to other knowledge. We know this from a wealth of sources: research, ou...
Journal Article
Perspectives: Connecting with Other Disciplines
Interdisciplinary instruction is a way of approaching curriculum by organizing content and processes from more than one discipline around a central th...
Journal Article
Editor’s Roundtable: Never cut corners on safety
Teaching science in a less-than-adequately equipped room is unsafe and just plain dangerous. Where safety is concerned, there are no shortcuts, no mak...
Book Chapter
As stated in “About This Book,” the author isn’t going to take the usual approach to the subject of chemistry. Because virtually all explanation...
Book Chapter
At the end of the first chapter, you realized, hopefully, that the model of an atom that we have so far (Rutherford’s model of a concentrated positi...
Book Chapter
In thinking about a title for this chapter, the word periodicity came to mind. I was sure this had some kind of pop culture reference. After discuss...
Book Chapter
Let’s Get Together … Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Ah yes, the theme song from one of the strangest movies of all time—Parent Trap. The original, that is, with Hayley Mills. I was in love with her ba...
Book Chapter
We now know enough about atoms and how they combine to investigate a number of different chemical reactions. We’ll even be able to represent those r...
Book Chapter
The word organic has lots of meanings in everyday life. Organic vegetables are ones grown without pesticides and organic beef comes from cattle that...
eBook
More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 (e-book)
Teachers raved when NSTA Press published Picture-Perfect Science Lessons in 2005.* They loved its lively mix of kid-magnet books, Standards-based sc...
eBook
Chemistry Basics: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach it (e-Book)
Do the words “periodic table” send chills down your spine? Are you anxious about atomic structure? Confounded by chemical equations? Relax! The cu...
Journal Article
Because supplies are limited in many classrooms, opaque film canisters can be used in a number of scientific inquiry activities, including a “black ...
Journal Article
The use of portfolios has had a positive impact on students, faculty, and the program in the Chemistry Department at Berea College. The portfolio allo...
Journal Article
Understanding cyclic patterns and distinguishing them from other patterns is critical to understanding the Earth and beyond. Whether you are discussin...