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Editor’s Corner: Brainy Science
Despite being a subject of intense interest and scrutiny for all of human history, many aspects of human brain function are still rather poorly unders...
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Advocacy and the Planning Process
Science educators believe that students construct their knowledge of the natural world best in safe, secure, and stimulating learning environments. In...
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Current Trends and Future Directions in Science Education: Breaking Down the Walls
The simplest educational concept—and perhaps the most significant—to consider in designing tomorrow’s science programs is inquiry. In keeping wi...
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In order for students to inquire confidently, we must create safe classroom environments. Safety is not just a set of rules but a state of mind, and p...
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Designing Facilities for the Middle School (6-8)
A high-quality middle school science program requires science classrooms with safe, well-designed laboratory space, and school designers must consider...
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Designing Facilities for the High School (9-12)
When we participate in a school building program, we create learning environments that will last for many decades. So a major principle of good scienc...
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While everyone in a school community should share responsibility for the “greening” of a school, it is often the science teachers who make the bes...
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A periodic table on the ceiling of a chemistry lab/classroom, footprints and fossils of amphibians and animals in a courtyard sidewalk, a 60-foot slin...
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We say it often, and the phrase appears in the National Science Education Standards and many state and local documents as well. “All students should...
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Imagine metal eyeglass frames that you can roll in a ball, only to watch it uncoil back to its original shape! How can an inanimate object, such as me...
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Socks that don’t stink, graffiti-resistant paint, windows and sunscreen that reject UV rays… that’s nanotechnology. Students will learn about so...
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Nanotechnology has opened the door for medical applications that work at the molecular level to diagnose, treat, and prevent disease. This investigati...
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Building Small: Nano Inventions
Just as cells were discovered with early light microscopes and Saturn’s rings by the first telescopes, the nanoscale world has emerged due to new to...
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Too Little Privacy: Ethics of Nanotechnology
Advances in nanotechnology allow us to create unique and tiny labels for manufactured materials, create tiny sensors that can detect the presence of s...
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Just how big is a billion? How tiny is a nanometer? Five hands-on inquiry activities are presented that use measurement and calculations to help stude...