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Scope on the Skies: Tidal forces

Tidal forces are gravitational and vary between objects; in this case between the Moon and Earth. With an elliptical orbit, the Moon's gravitational i...

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Science and Social Justice: Making the Case for Case Studies

Incorporating social justice into science curricula can attract and maintain the interest of students who shy away from science because of a lack of i...

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Be a Citizen Scientist! Celebrate Earth Science Week 2006

During Earth Science Week (October 8-14, 2006), millions of citizen scientists world-wide sampled groundwater, monitored weather, toured quarries, exp...

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Assessment with Pumpkins

At the beginning of the year in life science, students learn about science equipment use, metric manipulation, and cells. This pumpkin activity assess...

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Science Sampler: Building student mental constructs of particle theory

The concept of particle theory is a basic idea in chemistry and physics and leads students to understand why solids, liquids, and gases have different...

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Career of the Month: An Interview with Plant Geneticist John Stommel

As technology advances, so does the ability to better appreciate genetic diversity. Plant geneticists, such as John Stommel, use traditional research ...

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What's Hot? What's Not?

When Goldilocks finds three bowls of porridge at different temperatures in the three bears’ house, she accurately assess the situation and comes up ...

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Scope on Safety: (Lack of) safety in numbers?

What is the safe number of students for one teacher to teach? Like many issues in education, there is no one-size-fits-all answer. There are several f...

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A Platform to Stand On

One of the most powerful technology tools available to science teachers is often the least used. A course management system (CMS) is a web-based appli...

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Science Sampler: Professor Color Presents... Acids, bases, and indicators

If you are looking for an exciting way to introduce a unit on acids, bases, and indicators, consider using the following demonstration, based on a che...

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Activities that Really Measure Up

Linear measurement is more than just learning how to use a ruler. In the early grades, measurement activities develop students’ understanding of th...

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Editorial: Teaching With Cases -- Let Me Count the Ways

We're back, with yet another issue on the case study method of teaching. It's a method we think has expanding possibilities, especiallially in its ap...

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Ask the Experts -- October 2006

In this month's Ask the Experts column, the following thought-provoking question is addressed: "Why did mother nature use uracil to replace thymine in...

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Building Knowledge & Intrigue: Creating an Interactive Science Museum

The energy and enthusiasm shown by young students walking through the doors of an interactive science museum is difficult to surpass. The excitement a...

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Science Sampler: Mapping variables

One of the biggest obstacles students encounter during the inquiry process is conducting valid investigations. Many students get caught up in the ques...