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Science Shorts: Making a Case for Camouflage
What child doesn’t enjoy a good game of hide-and-seek? There is the challenge of finding the perfect hiding spot and, of course, the allure of the h...
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A message from the NSTA President: Meeting the Needs of the New World Student (September 2007)
To succeed in the 21st century, students have to learn how to be creative problem solvers who can work in collaborative groups. These new-world studen...
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Methods and Strategies: Teaching About Animals
When asking about animals, it is hard to find a person who doesn’t recall a beloved pet or share that they’ve always loved dolphins, snakes, or la...
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The projection screen in the dimly lit auditorium was ready and an online chat window was open on the computer screen. Computer experts and entomologi...
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What invertebrates make the best classroom pets? How should we care for each invertebrate? What type of inquiry activities could invertebrates support...
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The Early Years: Animal Adventures
Children can have a new favorite animal every week or even every hour. The more familiar the children become with an animal, the more they will be abl...
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Science 101: How do animals navigate during migration?
Migrating animals do amazing things. Homing pigeons can find their way “home” across hundreds of miles; salmon return to their spawning location t...
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Editor's Note: Investigating Water (Summer 2007)
Water is a major world currency and continues to be critical for all. We can figure out how to live without oil but it is quite a cumbersome task to ...
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Solstice, Science, and Summer Reading
Like generations before them, teachers often use the energy of the summer Sun to nurture seeds of growth (both real and virtual) for another year. Wh...
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Teaching through Trade Books: Down the Drain
In developed countries such as the United States, it is easy to take water for granted. Americans use more water per capita than anywhere else in the...
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“What starts out long but gets shorter then longer each day?” Shadows! This students clever riddles was an opportunity to investigate how the Su...
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Science 101: How can an ocean liner made of steel float on water?
Sinking and floating is a subject covered in many science classes, from kindergarten through college physics. Even the audiences of late-night talk sh...
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Did you know that the water you use today is the same water that was used millions of years ago? How is this possible? Water is continuously replenish...
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All schools are located in watersheds, land that drains into bodies of water. Some watersheds, like the one which encompasses the school discussed in...