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Crossing Boundaries

As science teachers, we strive to make our field an effective component of a liberal arts education. How can we make our subject more appealing to the...

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Idea Bank: Success with Science Folders

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s issue, the author describes how using scienc...

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Commentary: Curriculum Versus the Volcano

An opinion piece about the vinegar-volcano chemistry demonstration, and how science teachers have the tendency to fall back on dramatic demonstrations...

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Mnemonic Methods

Students use time-tested strategies to recall scientific information. By means of mnemonics—cognitive strategies that help students learn and rememb...

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Presenting the Scientific Process

In a course titled Scientific Process, the authors introduce undergraduates to the philosophy and practice of science and initiate them into a 2-year ...

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SMATH

Emphasizing both math and science in an interdisciplinary high school program. This three-year math-science curriculum connects the fundamental concep...

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Clean Chromatograms

By investigating laundry detergent effectiveness, students participate in discovery-based learning. A common paper chromatography experiment is modif...

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Fostering Inquiry through Problem-Based Learning

Students learn the role of genetics counseling and gene testing in the identification and treatment of cystic fibrosis. University researchers team up...