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Switch on Student Interest: Learning to derive the equation for resistors in parallel

In this lab activity, traditional parallel circuit problems were used to evaluate students' understanding of the relationship that exists among resist...

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Commentary: What it Means to Belong

An opinion piece about why you belong to a professional organization....

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Isopod Inquiry: Students learn experimental design by studying sowbug food preferences

For any science teacher who has ever used slugs or snails for behavioral studies, sowbugs—also known as isopods or pillbugs—are a welcome alternat...

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Commentary: The Changing Nature of Science

An opinion piece about the current science education reform....

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Teaching to the Power of 10: Microscopic & macroscopic scaling activties for the classroom

Traditional scaling activities put students through the paces of the exercise but do not provide relevant associations with the idea of size and how g...

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STS Simulations: Engaging students with issues-based scenarios

Science-Technology-Society (STS) issues-based simulations present science education in an appropriate context for all students. In STS issues-based si...

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Editor's Corner: Kool Konversions

The Science Teacher’s editor introduces a wonderful teaching tool she found at the grocery store—Kool-Aid packages....

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Nature Transects

Scientists commonly use transects as a method of gathering information about a particular area, including studying the distribution of organisms acros...

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Recycle Used Oil on America Recycles Day

Motor oil doesn’t wear out—it just gets dirty. Students and the general public may not know that used oil can be reused or recycled. The fact is, ...