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Science Sampler: More than just a day away from school—Planning a great science field trip
With all the things that middle school science teachers have to juggle during the year, designing a science field trip can seem like a daunting task. Fortunately, there are many strategies that teachers can use to help ensure that field trips are mor...
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Scope on Safety: Chemical tracking systems—not your usual global positioning system!
The haphazard storing and tracking of chemicals in the laboratory is a serious safety issue facing science teachers. To get control of your chemicals, try implementing a chemical tracking system. A chemical tracking system (CTS) is a database of che...
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Building Leaves and an Understanding of Photosynthesis
Where does cellular respiration take place? How does a plant make food and in turn use the food to produce its own energy? Do animals carry on this process also? To help students answer these and other questions, have them build a model leaf, plant c...
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Science Sampler: Radio-wave inquiry with web-controlled receivers
This article describes a web-enhanced investigation of radio waves suitable for upper middle school science students that correlates with the National Science Education Standards. In this engaging lesson, students are involved in science inquiry usi...
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Issues in-depth: Are you what you eat? An inside look at high-tech food
If we abide by the familiar saying “you are what you eat,” it is understandable that people may be concerned with the incredible advances in food science technology and their possible impacts on human health. For example, in recent years high-tec...
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Science Sampler: Beyond Yellowstone
In 2001, Yellowstone National Parks’ education staff launched Windows Into Wonderland (WIW), a series of six internet-based, electronic field trips, or “eTrips,” designed especially for middle school students. Today 17 programs are available, m...
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Science Sampler: The experiment event
The annual Experiment Event is the culminating activity of an extensive study of questioning, problem solving, and the inquiry process. Easily addressing national and state standards for science inquiry, the Experiment Event is only part—perhaps th...