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Science Sampler: Differentiated assessment

One of the goals of science education is to encourage students to think and reason at increasingly higher levels. In order to accomplish this goal, th...

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Idea Bank: Students as Nano-Detectives

Nanotechnology is quickly beginning to revolutionize medicine, building materials, electronics, and even the clothes we wear. The internet offers a pl...

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Three Steps for Better Reading in Science: Before, During, and After

It’s exciting to have a beautiful new science textbook—if students can read it! Unfortunately, many students can’t read their science textbook u...

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Every Day Science Calendar: December 2006

This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...

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Teaching through Trade Books: Rock Solid Science

Children are naturally curious about the world around them, including the rocks beneath their feet. By observing, describing, and sorting a variety of...

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Science Sampler: Consistency + Diversity = Scientific Literacy

Celebrate diversity, build a sense of community, and foster science literacy in each of your students by implementing the strategies that are describe...

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Inside the Black Box

The black box activity described in this article, created as part of the National Science Foundation-funded Internships in Public Science Education Pr...

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Layer-Cake Earth

Though you can’t tell just by looking at them, layers of sediments tell us much about Earth’s history—when the ocean flooded continents, when m...

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First Graders Can Do Science

Student inquiry projects with first graders? What a frightening idea! At least that’s what one first-grade teacher thought until she actually did it...

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Perspectives: On Writing in Science

Many teachers use writing in science as a recording tool (science notebooks) or to find out what students have learned (constructed response tests). Y...

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Issues In-depth: The ins and outs of curbside recycling

In recent years, numerous municipalities in the United States and abroad have implemented either mandatory or voluntary curbside recycling programs. W...

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Science Sampler: Special lessons from special needs students

Something amazing happens when you change your teaching methods to accommodate learners at all ability levels: It can improve your overall success as ...

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Science Sampler: Thriving in the co-taught classroom

Classrooms are becoming more diverse as students with specific learning needs are moved out of self-contained special education classrooms and into ma...

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Career of the Month: An interview with Ear, Nose, Throat Doctor Scott Howard

Ear, nose, and throat complaints, such as allergies, ear infections, sinusitis, and sore throats, are the number one reason people go to the doctor. D...

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The NSTA President's Message: Feedback and Response

In her editorial, “Quality Science Teachers: Essential to America’s Future,” which appeared in the September 2006 issue of several NSTA journals...