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Taking Science Dialogue by Storm

One teacher examines classroom discourse through a unit on tornadoes and natural catastrophes....

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Science Survivors

Educators in Mexico respond to the need for integrating science into other disciplines with a guided-inquiry curriculum module called Adventures on a ...

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Particle Physics Primer: Explaining the Standard Model of matter

For the past 35 years, scientists have developed a more basic model of the universe—the Standard Model—that specifically addresses the age-old que...

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Imagine the Possibilities!

For the classroom teacher, the potato can be an affordable "root of endless possibilities." Therefore, when helping students prepare for yearly partic...

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Commentary: Toxins and Society

An opinion piece about the presence of chemicals in society and the safety and health concens. Learning about biological or chemical agents should edu...

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What Students Think: College students describe their high school chemistry class

A college chemistry professor teaching first-year students was curious whether there was a link between student attitudes about chemistry and experien...

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Solving Authentic Science Problems

Problem-based learning (PBL) connects science to the world beyond school. This article describes the benefits of using PBL problems as a center of sci...

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Bartering for Minerals

In this activity students are assigned occupations that rely on specific minerals. To obtain the minerals they need, each student must trade a service...

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Rocketing into Adaptive Inquiry

To ensure that each student achieves success, teachers can tailor activities with students’ strengths and weaknesses in mind using the process of a...

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After the Bell: Science of the symphony: Part I

When do we consider the science of music? When do we connect what we do in music with what we teach in science? As listeners, we often ignore the scie...

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First Flight

This article describes how one teacher incorporated bird watching into her kindergarten classroom to help children develop a heightened awareness and ...

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Editor's Note (January 2002)

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts about how one person can make a difference. Follow the reading and math curriculum, but balance it wit...

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Research and Teaching: Factors Affecting Participation in Traditional and Inquiry-Based Laboratories

The authors studied participation, achievement, and attitude in cookbook and inquiry-based, introductory biology laboratories through observations, in...

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Science Literates or Science Experts? The results of science achievement studies for New Zealand highlights a common teaching dilemma

Science teachers often seem to serve two masters—the drive for producing science specialists and the drive for general science education. So, what ...

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Recrafting the General Chemistry Laboratory Report

Shifting students’ attitudes from a procedural approach in writing laboratory reports to a more engaged learning experience is difficult. This paper...