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Tried and True: Egg-in-the-bottle demonstration
The Egg-in-the-bottle was the first demonstration performed by Don Herbert on his “Watch Mr. Wizard” television show, which premiered in 1951. Thi...
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Students Teaching Students: Launching interest in astronomy
A group of educators and astronomers train high school students to teach astronomy to elementary students and their families. The main goal of the pro...
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Meeting the MOON from a Global Perspective
The MOON Project (More Observations of Nature) engages middle school students and pre-service teachers in a long-term (16-week) investigation of the M...
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Teaming Up for Science and Reading Success
Intregrating science education with reading has become extremely important for elementary teachers. This article briefly discusses research results fr...
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Scope on the Skies: The skies this summer
Summer 2003 celestial events included a last look at Jupiter as an evening planet, a close view of Mars, and the Perseid meteor shower. In addition, t...
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Editor's Corner: Dismiss the Niche
The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....
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Science Sampler: Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope Project
The Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) project involved thousands of student scientists across the nation in the collection and analysis o...
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Marigolds for Montana: Students study the effect of marigolds on nematode management
Students join with university scientists on a yearlong agriculturally based research project to study the effect of marigolds on nematode management. ...
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Teaching Science as Inquiry by Scaffolding Student Thinking
In construction, “scaffolding” means a temporary framework used to support workers and materials during construction. The analogy is consistent w...
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Scope on Safety: Space—The final frontier!
These are the voyages of laboratory science safety! The issue of science laboratory space and class size has been on a long safety trek. For example, ...
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A Real Fish Story: Students raise salmon and ecological awareness
Students work to restore the salmon population in a local tributary. The project, partially funded by a TAPESTRY grant, and with the involvement of th...
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E-Portfolios: Documenting Student Progress
Electronic portfolios, digital collections of student work—are flexible, motivating, and extremely useful teacher tools that can address a range of ...
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Backyard Ecology: High school students participate in urban ecological research
Urban ecological research through a university shows students that neighborhoods are dynamic ecosystems they can directly affect. In this independent ...
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Clear Creek Then and Now: An historical watershed analysis
Students worked collaboratively with a local council to conduct a watershed analysis of Clear Creek, a tributary to the Clackamas River in Oregon....
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The Home Zone: Research Rolypolies
April is a good time to go outdoors and examine living things. Pill bugs are good to study because they are easy to find and care for and do not bite....