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Making Mendel's Model Manageable

Genetics is often a fascinating but difficult subject for middle level students. This engaging activity presents an approach that helps students under...

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Teacher’s Toolkit: The Computational Science Education Reference Desk

The June 2005 report of the President’s Information Technology Advisory Council stated that “Computational science is now indispensable to the sol...

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Editor's Corner: Teaching Science for All

Diversity comes in many flavors. Achievement gaps have been identified with respect to race and ethnicity, but also regarding gender, limited English ...

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Science at Hogwarts

Reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone aloud to her sixth grade students, inspired a teacher to create a mathematics activity based on budgetin...

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Science Sampler - Solutions and dilutions: Mixing the math into the science

This lab activity teaches students how to make solutions and dilutions while reinforcing the mathematical concepts involved. The materials used are co...

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Scope on Safety - Safety contracts: Let it be written, let it be done

Student safety contracts are an important tool for teachers to use in helping to prepare for and maintain a safe working environment. They also serve ...

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The Moon Project

What do Australia, Alaska, Qatar, Indiana, and Ohio all have in common? Similar climates? Population numbers? No, the authentic writing More Observ...

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Science From the Heart

It's a fact: kids today are less fit than they were only a generation ago. Many are showing early signs of cardiovascular risk factors such as physic...

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Tried and True: Evaporating is cool

Many students hold misconceptions about evaporation. In this short exercise, students will apply the kinetic molecular theory to explain how cold wate...

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The Nervous System Game

For many children, especially those with reading difficulties, a motor-kinesthetic learning activity may be an effective tool to teach complex concept...

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Science S.O.S.

Reflecting on a recent case study, this article discusses one district’s process for adopting a new science curriculum and how it revealed key issue...

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Science 101: Why does a color change indicate a chemical change?

There are a a number of indicators you can use to determine whether or not a chemical reaction has occurred. Among them are a change in color, the ev...

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Mixing and Making Changes

Preschool children explore matter and complete a solution-making lesson in which they categorize substances (water, sugar, and lemon juice) and mix th...

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Engaging Ecosystems

These inquiry-based projects ensure that students use higher-level thinking skills to improve the community and investigate global and environmental i...

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Teaching Expository Text Structures

Many students enter high school unskilled in the art of reading to learn from science textbooks. Even students who can read full-length novels often f...