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Science Sampler: A puffin adventure

Through collaboration with the local chapter of the National Audubon Society, students learn how to become responsible and involved citizens, and disc...

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Five Good Reasons to Use Science Notebooks

Science notebooks are an everyday part of learning in the Tucson (AZ) Unified School District. K-8 schools there have begun using notebooks in conjun...

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Chesapeake Bay Critters: Up Close and Personal

Shed light on the integral part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed by implementing this hands-on, inquiry- based unit on the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Th...

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Commentary: Interdisciplinary Does Not Mean Intimidating

According to the author of this month's Commentary column, "Interdisciplinary units are not superhuman feats, but natural extensions of good teaching ...

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Ecosystem Journalism

Third-grade students display their understanding of life science concepts by creating an imaginative newspaper. This creative writing project engages ...

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Science Sampler: Creating caddisfly cases

The larval stage of a northern casemaker caddisfly provides a creative hands-on activity for students while also introducing them to aquatic insect de...

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Intellectual Energy Flow

Exploring New Environments, a half-day workshop developed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's DESTINY Traveling Science Learning Prog...

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Favorite Demonstration: MOS -- The Critical Elements of Doing Effective Classroom Demonstrations

There is a wealth of evidence showing that students can remember many of their science class demonstrations for countless years. This is a good testi...

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Methods and Strategies: Journals of Discovery

Integrated science journals provide educators with valuable insight into teaching. They allow students to reflect on how engaged they were in learnin...

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Society for College Science Teachers: Is Academic Freedom a Threat to Teaching Introductory Science?

As academics we value different viewpoints, the right and need to pursue scholarly interests, and the importance of discussing controversial topics as...

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Editor's Note (November/December 2005)

Scientists write in many ways as they develop and share what they do. It only makes sense that our students do as well. This issue presents ideas fo...

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Tried and True: It's a gas! An exploration of the physical nature of gases

Gases present something of a paradox for the casual observer--they are everywhere and yet, it remains difficult to see them anywhere. This instruction...

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Making the Grounds of Scientific Inquiry Visible in the Classroom

The ability to formulate questions is a critical skill that forms the basis of scientific inquiry. Questioning is indeed robustly rooted in children's...

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The ESA21 Project: A Model for Civic Engagement

Making the content of a course interesting to students can be quite a challenge for an instructor. Making the content of a required general education ...