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My Own Science

With a little direction and a few resources, students can be scientists at home in a way that is rewarding to the teacher, students, and their familie...

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Career of the Month: An Interview with Deep-Cave Explorer Barbara Anne am Ende

Barbara Anne am Ende first learned about the wonders of caving during a simple visit to a commercial cave at the age of 14. Shortly thereafter she t...

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Tech Trek: Time for class

One of the most abstract concepts that you will teach to your students is the concept of time. Usually introduced at the beginning of the school year,...

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Shoebox Spectroscopy

In the following experiment, students are asked to construct a visible-light spectrometer using commonly available and relatively inexpensive equipmen...

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Creating a Fair Classroom Environment

Reduce your students’ first day jitters by implementing these specific classroom management suggestions that are designed to reduce student anxiety ...

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Idea Bank: Measuring Wavelength with a Ruler

In the late 1960s, Arthur Schawlow, co-inventor of the laser, visited the author’s high school physics department to share some intriguing laser dem...

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What to Toss and What to Keep in Your Curriculum

As teachers adopt curriculum, they often have the false notion that every page of the text must be read in order to cover all of the standards require...

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Inquiry in the Large-Enrollment Science Classroom

The authors conduct research workshops twice each semester in their cell biology lecture course. Instead of solely analyzing data obtained by others, ...

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Using Scoring Rubrics to Evaluate Inquiry

This article explores the problem of assigning grades to students engaged in nontraditional activities, especially scientific inquiry. The authors sug...