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Light Students' Interest in the Nature of Science

The nature of science is a vital part of students’ educational experience. Learn how to apply the study of electrical circuits into an activity that...

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Idea Bank: Traveling Safely Overseas

Overseas field trips can be exciting and rewarding for both teachers and students. To ensure a healthy and safe return, this article features certain ...

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Home Connections: Act Fast!

This simple, at-home activity explores reaction time. Working with a partner, a student drops a ruler for the partner to catch. Measuring the distance...

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Commentary: A Message from the NSTA President—Teaching With Purpose

An opinion piece about "Teaching with Purpose." In essence, it means having a research-based rationale to guide your daily classroom teaching....

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The Human Side of Science

More and more plays dealing with science are coming to the stage. This provides a wonderful opportunity for science teachers to engage humanities stud...

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Scope on the Skies: A year in the skies

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue highlights the astronomical events for the 2003-2004 school year....

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Web-Based Warm Up Exercises in Just-in-Time Teaching

The authors used warm-up exercises in Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) to reveal students’ prior knowledge and misconceptions in biology, chemistry, and...

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Counting Dots: Students engage in a coal mining activity to interpret geology

With techniques used by actual geologists, students apply their understanding of contour lines, maps, area, density, and volume through a coal mining ...

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Tried and True: Solving problems scientifically

This simple guided lesson based on the "black box" activity proved to be a great way to introduce simple inquiry. It encourages students to ask questi...

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Sand: Up Close and Amazing!

Discover the surprising diversity and scientific value of sand from around the world....

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Research and Teaching: The Visionlearning Project

Although the proliferation of teaching resources on the Internet is extensive, little is known about these materials’ use or utility. The Visionlear...

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Science Sampler: Narrowing student investigations

Learn how to teach students science by using single-lesson investigations. This technique complements longer-term investigations by allowing students ...

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Teaching through Trade Books: Dealing with Data

The elementary classroom is full of opportunities to collect and organize information—or data—of all kinds. This article suggests two trade books ...

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Students' Ideas About Plants: Results from a National Study

Last fall, Science and Children invited kindergarten to grade eight teachers to participate in a study investigating students’ ideas about plants an...

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The Home Zone: Bubble Shapes

Few can resist a bubble wand and a brightly colored bottle of bubble solution. Although playing with bubbles might seem like just a fun outdoor activi...