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Editor's Note (February 2006)

Even though chemistry is a cornerstone of scientific literacy--standng smack in the intersection of physics and biology--we haven't done a good job co...

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Idea Bank: Word Wall

Science is a vocabulary-rich subject and students' knowledge of vocabulary relates directly to their comprehension. That is why it is important to pro...

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Scope on the Skies: Follow the Drinking Gourd

As you gaze into the stars during the month of February, remember the plight of African Americans and their ancestors. During the years leading up to ...

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Investigating an Aerial Image First

Conventional instructional routines used to introduce optics concepts can be ineffective at developing an in-depth conceptual understanding that a...

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Science Sampler: Torricelli, Pascal, and PVC pipe

Two giants of science who led the way to our understanding of atmospheric pressure and fluids were Evangelista Torricelli and Blaise Pascal. By conduc...

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Science Sampler: Inquiry with earthworms

Earthworms wiggle their way into your science curriculum in this fun and hands-on activity. Students experiment with earthworms to gain a better under...

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Weather to Make a Decision

Try DECIDE, a web-based, teacher-friendly, integrated approach designed to stimulate learning by allowing students to make decisions using scientific ...

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Awesome Aggregations

How can we use inquiry to examine why animals live in groups? The answer is to use models, which are more feasible than working with hundreds of test ...

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Every Day Science Calendar: February 2006

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

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Teacher's Toolkit: Two-tiered assessment

Developing good instruments that can be used to assess what students really know about scientific content is one of the most difficult tasks facing te...

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When Art Meets Einstein

A New World View, a composition of pale blue glass and steel, is an homage to the most famous scientist in modern history -- Albert Einstein. View thi...

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Science Shorts: The Dynamics of Dissolving

Dissolving is as much about the substance doing the dissolving (the solvent) as it is about the substance being dissolved (the solute). Dissolving de...

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Enabling All Students to Learn Science

Communicating with students in today's high school science classroom is challenging for teachers because the majority of them speak only English. Many...

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What Happens to Animals during Hurricanes?

Student curiosity provides a springboard for discussions ranging from weather, to conservation, to biology, and concern for animal welfare. Teachers c...