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Hands-On Homework for Introductory Science
The author and colleagues have designed an Exploration Center to supplement lecture-oriented teaching in large introductory physics courses. At the ce...
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Seeing Isn't Always Believing: Investigating the reliability of classroom demonstrations
The author describes a traditional classroom experiment often used to demonstrate the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere, and challenges the high scho...
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Science Sampler: Five guiding principles of meteorology
The language of meteorology could be reduced to five deceptively simple guiding principles. This article focuses on how these guiding principles provi...
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Exploration Science: A case history from Earth orbit
The intent of this case history is to encourage science fair organizers to permit students to submit observational science projects, not just experime...
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This article describes an activity in which upper elementary students created “stream profiles” of an imaginary aquatic environment using science,...
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The Influence of Research-Based High School Science Programs on Undergraduate Students
A survey of past participants in the Grants-In-Aid (GIA) program and the NJAS science fair indicated that 73.5 percent pursued an undergraduate major ...
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Excavating Cratering: Bringing a NASA mission into Earth science classrooms
The author brings NASA research on excavating a crater into the science classroom in the form of an inquiry investigation. Students begin to see that ...
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Awardees from the 2002 Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program relate the stories behind their inventions. The article also lists the 2002 regio...
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The Case Study: The Multiple-Case Method
The goal of multiple-case method teaching is to bring students closer to real work settings or, more specifically, to situations in which they are sup...
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Case It! is a project to enhance case-based learning in university biology courses worldwide through the use of molecular biology computer simulations...
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New teachers often are given the most preparations, classroom moves, and demanding students. In addition, new teachers are sometimes added to the rost...
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Svithjod, Stories, and Songs: Rewriting Earth Science in Creative Ways
Explore Earth science concepts through the language arts. In this article, creative writing and observation exercises help students to improve their w...
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This dilemma case is based on the true story of Jack and Lisa Nash, whose daughter, Molly, was born with a rare genetic disorder. By having another ch...
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Science Sampler: Science signature game
This getting-to-know-you activity is a great way to start off the school year and introduce students to the science topics they will encounter. The te...
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To what extent can Earth’s natural resources support the growing human population? Mathis Wackernagel and colleagues developed the concept of the �...