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Design & Decision Making: In an integrated science lesson, students learn to engage in evidence-based decision making

In these activities, students learn how to inquire about relevant issues, use evidence to make decisions about inquiries, and communicate those decisi...

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Students' Ideas About Animals: Results from a National Study—Elementary teachers respond to a study involving students’ perceptions of animals

In the fall of 1999, Science and Children extended an invitation to K–8 teachers to participate in a national study (Barman, Barman, Berglund, and G...

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Into the Abyss

Designed for use with small groups in an introductory geology class, this case study allows students to determine the relationship between sinkhole de...

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Integrated Inquiry: Introductory level students benefit from authentic research, technological design, and peer review

To help teachers meet the need for a challenging inquiry-based science for high school students, particularly basic level integrated science, Cornell ...

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The Pressure’s On

If the pressure’s on to enhance the growth and development of students’ inquiry skills, use a discrepant event. A discrepant event is a demonstrat...

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Creating Curricula for Integrated Science: ARISE—Creating and implementing a coherent three-year integrated science course

The traditional sequence for teaching science is biology first, then chemistry, and physics last. This article focuses on the Illinois State Board of ...

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Markov vs. Markov

Students build a Markov chain probability model of marriage and divorce using statistics—the chance of divorcing in a given year and the chance of d...

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Editor's Roundtable: Report on reform

Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the findings of a new report, What America Thinks About Science Education Reform....