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Expanding Students’ Professional Horizons: A View from the Earth and Space Sciences
Teachers can use this inspiring article to introduce students to careers in the Earth and space sciences. The authors discuss the interdisciplinary na...
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Internet Courses: Are They Worth the Effort?
To investigate the effectiveness of an Internet-delivered course, one group of biology students learned the course material employing Internet resourc...
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Middle school students in a rural Illinois school visualized and learned more about landforms after making a relief model from a topographic map. They...
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Favorite Demonstration: Illustrating Heterochrony and Heterotopy
This article describes an inexpensive, simple method using balloons to demonstrate heterochrony and heterotopy in the classroom. The method can be use...
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Editor's Corner: The Standard Classroom
The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....
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Is Inquiry the Answer? Using action research to analyze student performance and opinion
Action research is one of the most informative methods of investigating issues of concern within the educational community—it not only increases aw...
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After the Bell: The Science and Mathematics of Nature
Sometimes it is difficult to show students that science and mathematics are natural parts of life. The activities in this article can help students ta...
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Inquiry by Design: Creating a national and state standards-based high school science program
In this article, the science coordinator examines the science program and wanders if it makes sense for student learning and if it could be adapted to...
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Wetland ecology is a complex subject that draws from several scientific disciplines. While classroom lectures are necessary to teach the vast body of ...
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Who Wants to Make Assessment Fair?
An assessment strategy based on the television game show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” helps teachers make grading fair. The author describes ...
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Why Does My Cruorine Change Color?
The classical research literature provides material appropriate for use in problem-based courses. Here, the spectroscopic study by G. G. Stokes of the...
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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank learn about demonstrations using c...