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Editorial: Nature, Vanity, and the Teaching of Evolution

We enjoy learning about nature--we're fascinated by medical breakthroughs, technological advances and Earth's natural wonders. But there is another s...

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Project Produce

In this science- and social studies-integrated lesson, students researched the produce found at their local grocery store. The class learned the diffe...

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Inventors in the Making

This article describes an “inventors workshop” in which second-grade students used Lego and Robolab computer software to create and test their own...

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Writing and Drawing in the Naturalist's Journal

The mutually reinforcing integration of science and art is clearly seen in the journals and notebooks kept by creative thinkers and explorers since th...

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Editor's Note (January 2005)

In this section the editor discusses opportunities for teachers to demonstrate science concepts on the playground or in one's local neighborhood. The...

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Formative Assessment Probes: Uncovering Students' Ideas in Science

Formative assessment probes can help teachers find out what students' ideas are before teaching lessons and use the information to adjust instructiona...

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Merging Science and Society: An Issues-Based Approach to Nonmajors Biology

The effectiveness of an issues-based approach to nonmajors biology was investigated. The integration of online critical-thinking exercises and in-clas...

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Editor's roundtable: Standard-izing test items (January 2005)

American Association for the Advancement of Science's Project 2061, one of the first organizations to focus on content standards and their role in cur...

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Editor's Corner: Making Sense of the World

In this month's Editor's Corner, the Field Editor paints a vivid word picture to describe the theme in this month's edition of The Science Teacher, wh...

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Idea Bank: A Resonance Tube Experiment Using "Boomwhackers"

Bring the "sound of music" to your science classroom--this activity uses the lengths and fundamental frequencies of a set of resonance tubes to verify...

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Science Sampler: Assessment for All

There are many ways of assessing students and the work they do, and many ways of getting them ready for those assessments. Special needs students prov...

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Ask the Experts—December 2004

The experts address the following questions in this month’s column: If the scientific exploration of chemistry is still evolving, are there new elem...

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The Science Management Observation Protocol

Teachers often lack the procedural knowledge needed to manage a classroom where collaboration and scientific inquiry are emphasized. To combat this pr...

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Idea Bank: Getting a Crack out of Ice

Why does an ice cube make a cracking sound when it is dropped in a glass of water? How can we make a louder cracking sound? Does the loudness depend o...