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Scope on the Skies: The Historic Stars in Our Skies

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses the luminosity, or apparent brightness, of some stars as seen fro...

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Materials Science and the Problem of Garbage

Where does all that stuff go?...

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Learning From the Fruit Fly

A card game for teaching Mendel’s laws, meiosis, and Punnett squares....

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Settling the Score

Exploring the historic debate over atomic bonding....

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The Microscopic World of Diatoms

Students collect stream water to study a biological indicator that can help detect pollution....

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Editor’s Corner: Growing Mountains of Trash

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

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Science 2.0: When Students Become Digital Citizens

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month, the authors discuss the Digital Citizen standard where “students(will) recognize th...

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Focus on Physics: The Moon Is Falling!

This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. This month's column describes the sideways motion of tangential velocity, wh...

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The Green Room: Losing Sight of Our Stars

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses light pollution and the different activities...

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Health Wise: Too Many Teens Have High Cholesterol

This Q&A style column provides up-to-date information on current health topics—helping students (and teachers) make healthy choices. This month’s ...

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Idea Bank: Measurement by the Numbers

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank discusses how to train students in me...

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Career of the Month: Conservation Scientist

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Lilian Pintea's career path to becomin...

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Right to the Source: A Slightly Damaged House

Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This month's issue discusses the Johnstown Flood using a photograph....

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Effects of Gender on Student Response to Course-Based Research

There is wide consensus among educators that participation in authentic research is valuable for undergraduate science students, and incorporating res...

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Instructional Design Changes in an Undergraduate A&P Course to Facilitate Student Engagement and Interest

In this article the authors describe changes in an undergraduate anatomy and physiology (A&P) curriculum designed to address educational goals at a pr...