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Habitat Sweet Habitat

This camouflage activity is a simple experiment using everyday materials. It helps young students develop important science-inquiry skills. It also de...

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The Process of Animation: Creating computerized animations of scientific processes

Dynamic processes are inherently difficult to teach in all branches of science. This article focuses on a better way to teach scientific processes by ...

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A Question of Measure: Students build problem-solving skills by measuring volume

Early in the semester, students must learn to work in teams and develop problem-solving skills. This article features a team-building activity that re...

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The Ozone Show: Using a talk show format as an authentic assessment

Instructors are constantly searching for more authentic ways of assessing student work. Authentic assessments model activities students might perform ...

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Students Make the Grade: By evaluating their peers in graded discussions, students learn key discussion behaviors

Teachers who have attempted classroom discussions have experienced a number of scenarios and still long for the perfect constructivist discussion—on...

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Projecting the Scientific Method: Introducing students to the scientific method and the gas laws

Teaching and training students to use the scientific method as a series of steps and as a way of understanding chemical and physical changes is best d...

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Learning from Landfills: Students learn an environmental lesson as they investigate conditions necessary for decomposition of garbage

As part of a unit on energy conservation, students suggested creating a landfill in the classroom. For the experiment students constructed nine clear ...

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Editor's Corner: Experiencing Emotional Science . . .

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....

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Idea Bank

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank find out about filling a void with...