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Editor's Corner: An Urgent Need

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

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Cell Structure Study: Students use microscopes and digital images to examine <i>Elodea</i>

A common lab exercise in biology involves an examination of the fresh water plant Elodea. This article presents a modification to the traditional exer...

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Research and Teaching: Undergraduate Success—and Failure—in Completing a Simple Circuit

This research study was motivated by physics educators’ ubiquitous citing of the batteries and bulbs study (Thiberghien and Delacote, 1976) even tho...

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Creating a Student-Centered Physical Chemistry Class

Using guided reading materials in an upper-division college chemistry course, students assumed more responsibility for their learning. This paper desc...

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Favorite Demonstration: Seasonal Size Variations of Martian Polar Caps

This demonstration vividly illustrates seasonal size variations of Martian polar caps. It is particularly useful during the astronomy section of a phy...

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Copyrights and the Educator

Most educators realize that copyright law could potentially impact their classroom activities but are confused by the underlying legal principles. Thi...

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Inventor’s Showcase

“Creative” does not adequately describe the 2,800 entries in the 2000 Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program. Second- through eighth-grade ...

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Editor's Note (October 2000)

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding communication and believes that educators need to communicate continuously with each other. ...

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Allergic to the Laboratory: A creative setup allows students with latex allergies full participation in chemistry labs

Allergic reactions to latex are becoming increasingly common. The reactions occur within a few minutes to an hour of exposure and usually disappear wi...

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Field Surveys of Amphibian Populations

Amphibian Research, a course offered at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana, introduces freshmen- and sophomore-level biology and environm...

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Science and Engineering

When teaching the scientific principles of flight, the author has students create design prototypes, engineering projects that are initial attempts to...

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Science Fairs for All

The students involved in this project attended an urban school in the Anchorage School District. The 52 students in the K, 1, 2 multi-age inclusive cl...

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Modifying Cookbook Labs: A different way of teaching a standard laboratory engages students and promotes understanding

In this article, an extended lab activity from a common cookbook approach is modified to determine the percent mass of water in copper (II) sulfate pe...

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Float It Down the River: The great water transport contest

Float it Down the River is an exciting design activity that involves students in a hands-on, creative project in which they use higher order thinking ...

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Blind Students: Facing Challenges in a College Physics Course

Visually impaired students with different educational backgrounds may differ in their analytical and mathematical preparedness, which presents unique ...