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Find Out Why: Use this program during this year's National Science and Technology Week

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Find Out Why: Use this program during this year's National Science and Technology Week

Find Out Why is the flagship publication of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Science and Engineering Outreach Programs. Each issue asks a qu...

Outdoor Classroom Adventures: Students work cooperatively when facing challenges during overnight camping trips

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Outdoor Classroom Adventures: Students work cooperatively when facing challenges during overnight camping trips

In this outdoor classroom adventure, students learn to work cooperatively when facing challenges during overnight camping trips. Perhaps most importan...

Photographing Wildlife: Observing wildlife with an inexpensive camera

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Photographing Wildlife: Observing wildlife with an inexpensive camera

This activity can produce meaningful learning by improving students' skills in planning, problem solving, and decision making, as well as to serve as ...

Teaching Teachers: Standards Direct Preservice Teacher Portfolios

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Teaching Teachers: Standards Direct Preservice Teacher Portfolios

Portfolios provide an opportunity and a structure for teachers to document and describe their teaching, articulate professional knowledge, and reflect...

The Meteor Meter

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The Meteor Meter

The Meteor Scatter Project, a replication of a NASA funded project carried out by Anthony Mallama, is a system capable of recognizing meteor activity ...

Guest Editorial: Computers in the Year 2000

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Guest Editorial: Computers in the Year 2000

An opinion piece about the millennium computer bug or year 2000 problem (Y2K) that could cause computer systems to crash....

The Crosswicks Creek Caper: A third-grade geology investigation

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The Crosswicks Creek Caper: A third-grade geology investigation

In this inquiry-based “caper,” students designed and conducted experiments to find answers to their questions related to "mystery rock." Through t...

Testing the Waters: The standards saturate schoolwide water theme

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Testing the Waters: The standards saturate schoolwide water theme

In a small rural school in southwest Missouri, coordination of a schoolwide water theme provided students with science learning experiences with a Sci...

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