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Diving into Literature, Mathematics, and Science

Students dive into this integrated lesson structured around Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea....

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Sticky Notes and Beyond

Successful learning environments thrive in organized classrooms. Organization aids the new teacher in everyday instruction, and also provides stabilit...

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Everyone Needs a Mentor

Mentoring is a complex role that encompasses criticism and praise, pressure and nurturing, logistics, organization, and persistence. While many school...

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Scope on the Skies: The school year in space

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue features planet observations, eclipses, launches, and the International Spa...

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Chemistry by the Case

This article describes the structure and content of a one-semester course dealing with chemistry, science, and technology designed for nonscience majo...

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From Galileo to Snowflake Bentley: Using Literature to Teach Inquiry in Middle School Science

In this article, the authors create new possibilities for using award-winning literature to teach science. Paired texts, or two texts that are related...

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Healthy Water, Healthy People

Learn to differentiate between accuracy and precision with this data-collection activity from the Healthy Water, Healthy People Water Quality Educator...

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After the Bell: Parents as teachers—how teachers can help parents promote science literacy

This article contains three simple, highly effective strategies that can be shared with parents to encourage students' more active learning, thinking,...

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Editor's Note (September 2002)

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue. Many of the articles relate to nature....

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Tech Trek: Who solved the longitude problem?

This activity is a practical example of how a middle school science teacher can use a variety of media to conduct an in-depth exploration....

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Computer-Assisted Instruction

Whether it takes the form of a tutorial, simulation, or educational game, computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is becoming a permanent part of science ...

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Picturing Physics: Using an image, students determine the distance from an object to the camera

To demonstrate the digital camera's use as a scientific instrument, this exercise challenges students' scientific creativity and provides an experienc...

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Using POE Centers

Predict, Observe, and Explain (POE) centers can be used in the classroom to provide simple and focused activities that promote scientific inquiry skil...

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Energy: Fuel for Thought

Energy is what makes things move, light up, and radiate warmth—energy makes things happen and makes our lives easier, too. But despite the importanc...

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Refocusing Natural Resource Management

Achieving scientific literacy requires students to understand how science is applied in the real world. A capstone class at Virginia Tech focuses on t...