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Consider the changes. Yesterday’s one-room schoolhouse had one teacher responsible for every subject, every grade, and maintenance of the classroom ...
Book Chapter
When students with limited reading, mathematical, or communication skills engage in laboratory activities, new challenges pose additional safety risks...
Book Chapter
Government studies have indicated that more than 40 percent of school buildings are in such poor condition that they are unsafe for children. Even new...
Book Chapter
It takes a lot of “stuff” to conduct an activity-based science program. Teachers often use personal funds to purchase materials to use in their cl...
Book Chapter
Maintaining living things in a classroom requires knowledge and preparation. It also requires the proper equipment and space. There are two primary go...
Book Chapter
Today’s students have contact with many more complex chemicals in their homes than ever before but they may have little awareness of physical and ch...
Book Chapter
Many safety books focus on chemistry, the “wet” physical science. Yet most elementary curricula appropriately concentrate on physical science that...
Book Chapter
Your own classroom is rich with resources and activities, but there are some things that simply can’t be done there. Therefore, well-planned field t...
Book Chapter
Science is Part of the Big Picture
By becoming active learners themselves, teachers recognize that science is part of the “big picture,” and they are able to link newly constructed ...
Book Chapter
How Do College Students Best Learn Science?
This paper is based on William Leonard’s “How Do College Students Learn Science? Chapter 1: Effective Teaching and Course Management for Universit...
Journal Article
An Award-Winning Approach to Lead Safety
A group of teachers use their Toyota Tapestry grant money to address the issue of lead poisoning in the community. Students learn about lead safety an...
Journal Article
What Poisoned the Apple Juice? A Gram staining and selective media lab
Although it is difficult to develop short inquiry lab exercises when introducing techniques such as the Gram stain, this scenario gives students authe...
NSTA Press Book
Teaching Teachers: Bringing First-Rate Science to the Elementary Classroom
Preservice and novice teachers feeling jittery will find this book full of workable strategies for helping students experience the wonders of science....
NSTA Press Book
Innovative Techniques for Large-Group Instruction
Size does matter. When you're faced with a class of 50, 150, or even 250 college students, it's tough to head off boredom - much less promote higher-o...
NSTA Press Book
Safety in the Elementary Science Classroom (flipchart)
It’s a safety resource your classroom should not be without! As attractive as a poster and as convenient to use as a calendar, the completely update...