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Summertime, and the Reading Is Easy

If your plans for preparing for the upcoming summer school year include relaxing with a good read, join the club! NSTA's Reading Club, that is. The ar...

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State Standards and Evolution

Most states’ science-education standards support the teaching of evolution, but many in the general public and some policymakers want science classr...

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A Handle on Hands-On

One of the major obstacles teachers face when trying to implement inquiry-based science teaching is how to handle hands-on materials. This article add...

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Instructional Technology Jewels

The authors integrated four technology tools into a course to showcase their pedagogical usefulness. These were Course Compass, a web-based, course-ma...

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Editor's Note (Summer 2004)

This selection includes thoughts from the Field Editor of Science and Children related to better organization. Some of the suggestions in this issue ...

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Is a Materials Resource Center Right for You?

Well run science materials centers can be a vital part of an exemplary science instruction program. The author introduces the “Five Ss” of success...

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Scrolls as Science Journals

Lab notebooks and field journals are essential tools for scientists. Quite often science journals contain so many drawings that they begin to resemble...

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Meet the Decomposers

This month's Teaching Through Trade Books column focuses on three books about decomposers: Compost Critters, A Pill Bug’s Life, and A Slug's Life. A...

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Cool Books for Hot Days

Through summer reading, teachers can spend valuable hours updating content background methods, or simply refreshing their spirit. NSTA Recommends, the...

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Science Sampler: Science magic -- Making a difference

The author recalls with fondness her sixth grade science teacher, Mr. M, and how he transformed an otherwise turbulent year into “magic” by cult...

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Why Earth Science?

Nearly everything that we do each day is connected in some way to Earth--to its land, oceans, atmosphere, plants, and animals. To fully understand an...

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Home Connections: 'Round and 'Round

Summer is coming. Hot weather means sandals, ice cream, pool parties, and occasionally really large thunderstorms. Sometimes really powerful thunder...

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Editorial: A Time for Change

In this month’s column, Editor Lester G. Paldy says farewell to the Journal of College Science Teaching (JCST) with the same “panache” as the ...

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After the bell: Drop by drop, liter by liter

How is water used in your home? Most people don't realize the number of times they use an appliance that relies on water. Since water is one of the mo...

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Scope on the Skies: Summer astronomy

Re-visit the summer of 2004 by discovering its celestial events and learning about the Cassini/Huygens spacecraft activity that also occurred that yea...