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A Rubric for Selecting Inquiry-Based Activities

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A Rubric for Selecting Inquiry-Based Activities

One of the biggest challenges to the more widespread use of inquiry is the difficulty teachers have in identifying appropriate activities. Teachers ca...

Shark Attack!

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Shark Attack!

This case is based on the real-life incident of a boy whose arm was bitten off by a bull shark while he was swimming off the Florida coast in the summ...

Backyard Biodiversity

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Backyard Biodiversity

Earth Odyssey is an outreach program for grades four to six developed by a Los Angeles museum. Museum instructors work with classrooms over the course...

The Zoom Lens

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The Zoom Lens

A motion picture company (c. 1950) is having problems with antiquated equipment. The director, actors, and crew all want the CEO of the company, who i...

Gone, Gone from the Range

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Gone, Gone from the Range

This interrupted case study presents published data on the effect of coyote removal in Texas to teach students about trophic level relationships and t...

Assessing Students’ Ideas About Plants

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Assessing Students’ Ideas About Plants

This article contains an interview protocol that will help you gather information about your elementary students’ ideas related to plants. By implem...

Mark Your Calendar

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Mark Your Calendar

To help new teachers prioritize their responsibilities, a mentor teacher within the Columbus Public School District in Columbus, Ohio, developed a “...

Little Mito

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Little Mito

In this directed case study on the structure of the cell and functions of the major organelles, students examine one of the most important events of e...

Science Sampler: Writing in Science—Beyond the lab report

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Science Sampler: Writing in Science—Beyond the lab report

“This isn’t English class!” but creative writing can be a useful tool for increasing comprehension of science topics, and writing skills are so ...

Talking Bones

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Talking Bones

Bones reveal many facts about the animals from which they come, making them a great hands-on educational tool. For several years, the Saint Louis Zoo ...

There Go Those Kids In Nature

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There Go Those Kids In Nature

The Kids In Nature (KIN) program is a partnership between Sedgwick Reserve and the UCSB Museum of Systematic and Ecology (MSE) to serve underrepresent...

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