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Science Sampler: Ozone notebook

To combat the problems associated with high levels of ground-level ozone, the Clean Air Act of 1970 called on all government agencies to take measures...

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Society for College Science Teachers: Finding Time Through Specialization

As part of the Early Career Development Program at the Institute of Teaching and Learning Excellence, colleagues presented a segment entitled Managin...

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Editor’s Roundtable: Granny knew best!

If our citizens are ever to be effective stewards of our environment, acting responsibly needs to be modeled and taught at home, and reinforced by the...

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Science Sampler: Bubbles on a soda can: A demonstration of Charles’s Law

The bubbles-on-a-soda can activity is an illustration of Charles’ law, which states that for a fixed amount of gas, there is a direct relationship b...

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A DASH of Inspiration

When most of us think about how we learned science, we generally remember it as a textbook-based affair, with experiments set-up in advance by a teach...

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Teaching Anatomy and Physiology Using Computer-Based, Stereoscopic Images

Learning real three-dimensional (3D) anatomy for the first time can be challenging. Two dimensional drawings and plastic models tend to over-simplify ...

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Methods and Strategies: Science Homework Overhaul

Do your students groan when you announce a homework assignment? Do they have so much math and language arts homework that they just don’t have time ...

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Tech Trek: The size of things to come

While using photos and illustrative images for teaching purposes is very appealing, you are likely to find that digital images of any kind take up a l...

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Editor's Roundtable: Leveling the playing field

Special education has evolved from separate classroom settings, to pull-out programs, to mainstreaming, to the current practice of full inclusion. Inc...

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Personal Care Chemistry as a Bridge to Careers in Science and Technology

This activity in personal care chemistry seeks to provide middle school girls with an opportunity to learn firsthand about science and engineering tec...

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Science Sampler: Success for all is just a heartbeat away

To unlock student understanding and enable a large percentage of the class to successfully complete a full range of inquiry activities, try using the ...

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Scope on Safety: Collaborating safely

With the advent of inclusion legislation such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) or PL 105-17 Reauthorization Action of 1997, m...

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Scope on the Skies: The real shape of the Moon's orbit

In the typical Moon phase lesson, students learn that the rotation period for the Moon is approximately the same as its revolution period around the E...

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Editor’s Corner: Small Science

We know that nanotechnology offers real possibilities. It already appears in commercial products such as computers, sunscreens, high-performance sport...

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Seeing the Unseen

The National Center for Learning and Teaching Nanotechnology (NCLT) based at Northwestern University is developing “nanoconcept” materials to brin...