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Fungus Amongus

Yikes! There is fungus among us! Your middle school students will enjoy this role-playing simulation that's designed to help teach them about the typi...

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Changing the Learning Environment in Large General Education Astronomy Classes

The gradual, ongoing transformation of a large general education astronomy class is presented. Emphasis is on student reaction to and academic impact ...

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Teacher's Toolkit: Reforming cookbook labs

The majority of ancillary materials provided with any textbook includes a large quantity of labs that have step-by-step instructions. Although it is i...

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A Message from the NSTA President: A New Era for NSTA Conventions

NSTA has unveiled a new name--and an enriched format--for its time-honored conventions. The NSTA national and area conventions will now be called NSTA...

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Case Study: The Business End of Cases

This article takes a retrospective look at how the folks in business schools look at the case method. The legacy of cases in business may seem short ...

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Mystery Box Writing

Developing writing skills along with content by incorporating hands-on science experiences and related writing lessons provides students with a purpos...

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A Message from the NSTA President: A New Era for NSTA Conventions

NSTA has unveiled a new name--and an enriched format--for its time-honored conventions. The NSTA national and area conventions will now be called NSTA...

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Cemeteries as Science Labs

Cemeteries can be outdoor museums, teeming with valuable information that tells a story. They provide archaeologists with an opportunity to examine ho...

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Science Notebook Essentials

This article focuses on the effective components of student science notebooks and their use as an effective teaching tool to assist students in develo...

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A Killer Lake Alive with Learning Opportunities

Students often fail to remember, understand, and apply what they have learned in science classrooms. The sample lesson described in this article illus...

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Idea Bank - Bromothymol Blue: The Demo We All Do!

Often science teachers perform demonstrations only to discover that students have already seen the experiment in a previous course. Teachers should ta...

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Editorial: No Time for Complacency

What accounts for our citizens' apparent lack of interest in scientific careers? The National Science Foundation (NSF) and other agencies have pumped...

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Laboratory Based Case Studies: Closer to the Real World

Case-based laboratories offer students the chance to approximate real science. Based on interesting stories that pose problems requiring experimental ...

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PCBs in the Last Frontier: A Case Study on the Scientific Method

This interrupted case study is based on current research involving the global transport of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Students are asked to pro...

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The Early Years: More than Messing Around with Magnets

This article focuses on magnets and teaching the nature of science. The predicting and testing students do in this month's activity also relate to Sc...