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Research and Teaching: Measuring Student Interactions Using Networks: Insights Into the Learning Community of a Large Active Learning Course

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Research and Teaching: Measuring Student Interactions Using Networks: Insights Into the Learning Community of a Large Active Learning Course

Collaborative learning in small groups is commonly implemented as a part of student-centered curricula. In large-enrollment courses, details of the in...

Point of View: Science Classrooms as a Gateway to Comprehensive Pedagogy

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Point of View: Science Classrooms as a Gateway to Comprehensive Pedagogy

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue discusses the importance of c...

Two-Year Community: Using Formative Assessment to Improve Microscope Skills Among Urban Community College General Biology I Lab Students

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Two-Year Community: Using Formative Assessment to Improve Microscope Skills Among Urban Community College General Biology I Lab Students

The authors sought to improve student microscope skills by implementing formative assessment techniques in addition to summative assessment approaches...

Case Study: Let’s Get Personal: Putting Personality Into Your Cases

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Case Study: Let’s Get Personal: Putting Personality Into Your Cases

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. T...

Inquiring Scientists, Inquiring Readers in Middle School: Using Nonfiction to Promote Science Literacy (e-book)

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Inquiring Scientists, Inquiring Readers in Middle School: Using Nonfiction to Promote Science Literacy (e-book)

Great news for multitasking middle school teachers: Science educators Terry Shiverdecker and Jessica Fries-Gaither can help you blend inquiry-based sc...

Big Data, Small Devices: Investigating the Natural World Using Real-Time Data (Book Sample)

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Big Data, Small Devices: Investigating the Natural World Using Real-Time Data (Book Sample)

Now your students can transform their mobile phones and tablets into tools for learning about everything from weather to water quality. Big Data, Smal...

Air Quality

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Air Quality

In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between tropospheric ozone and temperature and how human populations affect ozone levels. Disci...

Climate From Pole to Pole

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Climate From Pole to Pole

In this lesson, students will use mean (average) temperature data to determine changes in surface temperature over time in different areas of Earth. D...

Extreme Weather

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Extreme Weather

In this lesson, students will use a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) database to identify extreme weather events throughout the ...

Weather Mapper

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Weather Mapper

In this lesson, students will use weather data to create a current weather map by drawing station models for multiple locations. Disciplinary core ide...

Weather Stories

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Weather Stories

In this lesson, students will develop and analyze meteograms for select cities to construct a 24-hour history for a specific location. Disciplinary co...

Wind Beneath Our Wings

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Wind Beneath Our Wings

In this lesson, students will use flight take-off and landing patterns to better understand wind. Disciplinary core ideas covered are Earth materials ...

Animal Behavior Ethograms

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Animal Behavior Ethograms

In this lesson, students will come to understand the range and frequency of behaviors in which animals can engage, and how those might be affected by ...

Emerging or Developed?

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Emerging or Developed?

In this lesson, students will compare population dynamics in emerging and developed nations, including how those populations use natural resources. Di...

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