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Whiteboarding Your Way to Great Student Discussions
Dry erase boards, sometimes called whiteboards, are a powerful tool for facilitating discussion within groups of students. When each group receives a ...
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Learning Logs in the Science Classroom - The Literacy Advantage
One of the most functional forms of writing to learn is two-column learning logs. Two-column learning logs are based on the premise that collecting in...
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Multigenre Lab Reports: Connecting Literacy and Science
The development of communication skills is a key component in any science program but most students don't see the connection between science and writi...
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Studying Hammerheads in Hawaii
The High School Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Tagging Program in Hawaii is an example of a successful partnership researach collaboration. As part of the...
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The inquiry science process provides a perfect opportunity for students to practice relational meaning in language. As students design their experimen...
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Studying Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) live cultures provides excellent opportunities for authentic inquiry in a high school anatomy and physi...
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Wonderful, Wiggly Worms
Worms have the ability to either elicit screams of excitement or perhaps screams period. Although we don't generally see them, worms are an importan...
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Every Day Science Calendar: April 2006
This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...
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Tried and True: Peanut butter and jelly science
Are you feeling frustrated with the quality of your students' writing or lack there of? If so, head straight for the peanut butter and jelly. Students...
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A collaborating scientist—a rewarding addition to any high school science program—can help students collect and analyze data that either replicate...
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Editor's Note (April/May 2006)
Children's passion for animals is not surprising. Animals can calm and heal both children and adults. Critters--whether furry, cute, large, small, o...
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Issues in-depth: Cloning: A critical analysis of myths and media
The science behind cloning, and its long history, provide teachers with a real-life, high interest topic through which they can launch an effort to ra...
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Science Sampler - Eggheads: Pioneers of genetics
Today, scientific discoveries can feel anonymous to students. We take many breakthrough discoveries for granted. This timeline activity was created to...
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Teaching Science to Students with Learning Disabilities
Due to increasingly widespread inclusion practices and more thorough identification procedures, students with documented learning disabilities (LD) ar...
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The Art & Science of Mask Making
Art, particularly observational drawing, plays an important role in science. By creating representational artwork, students develop observation skills...