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Editor's Roundtable: Real testing, real learning

This article features activities based on hands-on learning and alternative assessment. As science and technology become more important teachers need ...

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Weather Detectives: Searching for Cool Clues

It is a well-kept secret that weather is nature's way of redistributing energy and converting it to heat. There are many opportunities to teach these ...

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Thought for Food: Students learn science with healthy eating

This article features activities used in a schoolwide science unit on nutrition. ...

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Scope on the Skies: January Blues

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue explains the occurrence of a second full moon within a month—this January...

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Web of Life Connections; Learning about the interdependence of life

This article offers suggestions for helping students understand the interdependence of life through firsthand experiences, by focusing on something fa...

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Classroom Meets Real World

To achieve a truly multicultural curriculum, the entire composition of lessons must be re-envisioned to embrace the global community. Principles are r...

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1948: The New Imperative for Science Literacy

This paper was presented by the author at the February 1998 Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)....

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Using a Small-Scale Demonstration Farm as a Teaching Arena in Biology and Environmental Science: Learning Ecological Principles While Growing Food

Small-scale sustainable agriculture is a rich, vibrant arena for teaching and learning. This article features a farm used to teach students in a cours...

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Favorite Demonstration: Floating Spinach Disks—An Uplifting Demonstration of Photosynthesis

This exercise is ideal for studying the overall process of photosynthesis. It employs disks punched out of a spinach leaf with a hole-puncher. The fle...

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A Botany Laboratory Inquiry Experience: Investigating the Effect of Soil Resistance on Bean Seedling Emergence

This article describes how a Botany Laboratory Inquiry Project (BLIP) can be included in a general botany laboratory. The stated purpose of the BLIP c...

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Applying Inquiry-Based and Cooperative Group Learning Strategies to Promote Critical Thinking: Training Students' Minds and Improving Their Intellect to Become Informed Members of Society

This paper demonstrates how a course in molecular genetics can use problem-based activities and cooperative group strategies to support students learn...