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What Would It Be Like Without...? Examining nonrenewable resources through inquiry-based activities

An educator's role is to provide opportunities to help students explore the topic of renewable and nonrenewable resources and the possible consequence...

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"EdZoocating" Children

A program developed by a zoo and elementary school provided nature experiences for urban youth by focusing on habitats and animal adaptations. Zoo edu...

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Connecting Biotechnology and Society

A recombinant DNA activity allows students to consider the benefits and costs of genetic engineering. Laboratory activities in biotechnology can be ad...

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Learning Together: Understanding and appreciating students' cultural backgrounds

Understanding and appreciating students’ cultural backgrounds facilitate learning in a Department of Defense (DoD) science classroom. Diversity in t...

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Commentary: Science for All—Can "No Child Left Behind" Make a Difference?

For student achievement in the sciences to increase, the equity and excellence principle in science teaching and learning must be addressed. One possi...

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Sequencing General Chemistry

The material in the authors’ general chemistry curriculum has been rearranged into a sequence thought to be more logical to students than the tradit...

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After-School Science

EXPLORE!, an after-school program, helps inner-city high school students understand ecological concepts. The program builds on students' school experi...

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Rooted in Forestry

Research indicates that interdisciplinary instructional strategies help students make meaningful connections among various subjects through asking que...

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Using GLOBE's Plant Phenology to Monitor the Growing Season

Has the growing season in North America increased by eight days? Is it still increasing? Middle-school students can help sleuth the answer with the Gl...

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Favorite Demonstration: Demonstrating an Interactive Genetic Drift Exercise

The exercise presented here is a hands-on demonstration of the phenomenon of genetic drift in populations. In particular, it reinforces the random nat...

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Scope on the Skies: Celestial grid system

The “coordinate system” in the sky is essentially an extension of the Earth’s surface-based system of latitude and longitude. There are celestia...

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The Home Zone: Water for Life

It often seems to rain endlessly in spring. Although rainy days are a nuisance, they are actually vitally important to all living things. Rain showers...