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After the Bell: Mapping for geographic awareness -- Part I
Maps and mapping are of great importance in the field of education because mapping concepts are linked to the development of students’ thinking and ...
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The project described here involved the design, implementation, and evaluation of an upper-level, undergraduate elective course for science majors. Sp...
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Society for College Science Teachers: Facilitator Versus Teacher
Educational fads in higher education are interesting phenomena. They seem to bubble up from the K-12 sector, but have little substantial research to s...
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Science Sampler: Making an impact -- Shatter cones
In this geology activity, students visited the Beaverhead, Montana site of a meteor impact and mapped the locations of shatter cones, which are geolog...
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In this month’s column, the experts address the following question: My students wondered how scientists give scientific names to hybrids such as mul...
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This exercise provides a simple method to visually demonstrate the third step in the calcium/calmodulin signal transduction pathway, that is, the acti...
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Tried and True: Sensations of sound
"The hills are alive with the sound of music," and now your classroom can be too! This series of tried and true activities explore the nature of sound...
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Idea Bank: Look Before You Leap
Induction and deduction are important to logical thinking in general and to science specifically, and should be important elements of the science curr...
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Editor's Note (November/December 2004)
At a time in which teachers are pressured to teach more and more to higher standards, writing in the content areas can provide an authentic way to tea...
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The Art of Reviewing Science Journals
Science journals are wonderful tools. They offer a glimpse into children’s science understandings, and they are both diagnostic and pedagogically in...