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Rethinking the Role of the Science Teacher: Eschewing standardized testing in favor of authentic assessment

Researchers believe an uncomfortable trend is developing in education reform—teaching is being influenced by large-scale assessments that fail to ca...

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Editor's Note: Nothing is as Constant as Change

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Teaching Teachers: Reaching the Reluctant Science Teacher

As a science educator, you may have heard many reasons why someone is reluctant to teach science. A "Process Approach to Science," a science course de...

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Science Festival Fun: A Teaching and Learning Experience

Unlike a science fair that consists of static displays of science investigations completed by students, a science festival includes interactive scienc...

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Sidewalk Astronomy: Students and teachers take astronomy to the street

After sharing his large telescope with passersby on a busy street corner in Chicago, the author started the Sidewalk Astronomy Club to involve student...

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Bringing Science History to Life

Can science history be interesting for students? You bet! Science, after all, is creative, and scientists go about their work in a variety of creative...

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Gravitating Toward Reggio: Let the children lead their learning about the concepts of forces and motion

In the “Reggio Emilia Approach,” the teacher elicits ideas from children and channels the curriculum through long-term projects. The children’s ...

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Editor's Corner: Students in Space

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

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Teaching Teachers: A Passion for Science—One educator shares how she turned a fear of teaching science into excitement over hands-on science

By introducing the Hands-On Science Program at Hanson Park Elementary School in Chicago, performance improved and the fear of teaching science turned ...

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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 how writing physics poem...

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Chemistry Wrap Up

Class activities and independent projects for high school students using household plastic wraps can help students understand more about the chemistry...

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Earthquake Analysis

Earth science students are expected to master the travel-time curves of the seismic waves generated at the focus of an earthquake and recorded at seis...

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Comments on Students’ Writing

As science teachers, we must provide feedback on both the science content and quality of writing demonstrated in their assignments. Unfortunately, our...