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Science Sampler: Feel the heat

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Science Sampler: Feel the heat

This article features a simple game that can help students understand the nature of heat transfer through conduction....

Tech Trek: Ready to navigate—Classroom GPS applications

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Tech Trek: Ready to navigate—Classroom GPS applications

The potential for enriched science instruction using GPS is virtually unlimited. An inexpensive GPS unit can help students prepare for the national an...

The Case Study: Naming Names

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The Case Study: Naming Names

Names are vital. Names do more than allow us to pigeonhole things and give us relationships. They give us a sense of ownership. Once we put a name to ...

Phasing in Future Teachers

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Phasing in Future Teachers

All college science students, especially those who will become science teachers, need an understanding of scientific inquiry and effective ways to tea...

Chewing on Ideas: Engaging students in meaningful learning about digestion

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Chewing on Ideas: Engaging students in meaningful learning about digestion

This activity was created by turning dull facts about digestion into experiences and questions to be investigated. The experience physically and menta...

Editor's Corner: Science in a Safe Learning Environment

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Editor's Corner: Science in a Safe Learning Environment

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on inquiry-based learning in the science classroom and the importance of establishing strict safety gui...

Commentary: You Plan for Professional Development

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Commentary: You Plan for Professional Development

An opinion piece about The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and its strong emphasis on professional development for teachers. This article highlights h...

Electric Connections

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Electric Connections

By working with a common and familar item such as a strand of holiday lights, students learned how different types of wiring affect uses and outcomes....

Scope on the Skies: Orbits and distances

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Scope on the Skies: Orbits and distances

In this article, learn how astronomers determine a planet's orbit and its distance from its sun....

Favorite Demonstration: Differential Weathering

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Favorite Demonstration: Differential Weathering

In this inquiry-based demonstration, the consumption of a Baby Ruth candy bar is used to nurture students’ interest in chemical and physical weather...

Let’s Go Fly a Kite!

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Let’s Go Fly a Kite!

Adults and children of all ages and cultures have either seen a kite or have flown one. Why not use this common pastime to teach some of the simple la...

Surveying Science Safety: NSTA analyzes safety in the classroom

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Surveying Science Safety: NSTA analyzes safety in the classroom

Results of a yearlong safety project prompted the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) to conduct a web-based study of its membership examinin...

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