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Commentary: Talk of the Town

An opinion piece about the concerns highlighted at the Town Meeting at the 2001 NSTA Convention. ...

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Quicksand Query: Using a popular fallacy to teach about density and volume

A popular misconception—quicksand sucks people under—is used to teach students about density. In a series of lab activities, students create quick...

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Tech Trek: Flash forward to problem-based science

Read about The Reconstructors, a website designed to combine aspects of problem-based learning and science standards and deliver them over the Web via...

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Comparing Common Origins: Using biotechnology to teach evolution

The field of biotechnology creates exciting new pathways for students to engage in scientific inquiry. In this article, secondary biology students use...

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Learning to Remember: Building memory cues into a geology lesson

Current neuroscience and psychology research has tremendously affected what we know about how people learn. Recent insights into the brain’s natural...

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A Bat Is Like a …

Analogies, or comparisons based on similarities between things that are otherwise dissimilar, can greatly enhance science learning for children. Analo...

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Note Sheets: A Reliable Predictor of Success?

Students in a large introductory-level biology course brought one page of notes to their exams. The authors scored these note sheets for their format ...

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Bring Classification to Life

Teachers can engage their students in lively presentations that demonstrate their understanding of biological classification. Using a cooperative lear...

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Editor's Note (November/December 2001)

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts about the horror of September 11, 2001, and its immediate effect on children in classrooms and its eff...

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Soil Studies: Applying acid-base chemistry to environmental analysis

To help secondary students understand acid-base chemistry, two educators design experiments focusing on acid rain’s effect on soil. Students conduct...

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Astrobiology: Discovering New Worlds of Life

This article describes the fascinating new field of astrobiology—a multidisciplinary approach in which scientists apply their knowledge of deep-sea ...

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Alternative Assessment: A monthly portfolio project improves student performance

As an alternative method of assessment, students create portfolios by submitting monthly entries that demonstrate and expand their understanding of sc...

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The Case Study: The Cheerleader and the Football Player

This is a classic engineering problem involving pulleys. It is suitable for any basic class where Newtonian mechanics are discussed. The objective of ...

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Scope on the Skies: All about occultation

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. In this month’s issue learn about occultation, or hiding, that occurs when the Moon, in this c...

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A Garden Story

Gardening in a neglected schoolyard became a catalyst for schoolwide science learning in an urban school in Detroit. Not only did students learn about...