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"Clued In" to Their Environment

To help students become better acquainted with Florida’s natural environment, an environmental outreach program director developed an activity in wh...

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In-service Inquiry: A professional development workshop helps in-service teachers bring inquiry-based learning to their classrooms

Developing science process skills and participating in inquiry-based activities help students gain the foundation for job skills outside of school. Ov...

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Commentary: Discovering Relationships

Science may indeed be built upon facts but without an understanding of how things are interconnected, students will never get the "big picture." In th...

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What Motivates Students in the Lab?

Four types of motivational methods were examined in this study: quizzes, scheduled presentations, unscheduled presentations, and a control. The quiz g...

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Giving Spatial Perception Our Full Attention

The authors present their opinions about left-brain and right-brain learners. According to them, left-brained students, who excel in spatial perceptio...

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Putting Assessment to the Test: Tips for designing standards-based tests

During the last decade significant changes occurred in the way we teach and assess learning. Both the National Science Education Standards (National ...

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Introductory Biology Online

Outcomes assessment was conducted with a pretest/post-test design in an online nonmajors’ biology course that included laboratory and lecture compon...

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Science on a Roll Part One: Absorbing Inquiry

Testing the absorbancy of different brands of paper towels is a popular activity for many grade levels. It is a simple, fun, and effective teaching to...

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Editor's Corner: Science Poses Challenges to Every Demographic Group

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the release of the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics latest science...

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Encouraging Equitable Enrollment—A Second Look: Five-year study results reflect increased science enrollment from underrepresented groups

In 1997, Project JUST (Join Underrepresented in Science and Technology) was launched. This school system project increased the number of underrepresen...