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Fires, Floods, & Hurricanes: Is ENSO to Blame?

Scientists have associated the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon with extreme climate events such as flooding in California, droughts in...

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Tech Trek: In the eye of all beholders

Save for the subject of art perhaps, the teaching of no other discipline in K-12 schools is more reliant on vision than science. In fact, the core of ...

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Science Sampler: Connecte2d Teaching—A comprehensive resource for teaching science using earthquakes

The Connecte2d Technology website is an all-inclusive web resource linking the study of earthquakes and engineering design to middle school science, m...

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K—12: Books Published in 2006

Apples and oranges … and lychees and loquats—how can one compare? That’s the challenge when a team of NSTA’s best science educators attempt to...

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Scope on the Skies: Total lunar eclipse

On March 3, 2007, the Moon will be at its descending node, crossing the Earth’s orbital plane, moving southward. The Moon will also be at 100% illum...

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Science Sampler: Earthweek in the classroom—Students monitoring a dynamic planet

Exploding frogs in Germany, new volcanic islands emerging in the Pacific Ocean, Avian Influenza spreading worldwide—these are just a few of the stor...

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Science Sampler: Students learn best by teaching

Traditionally, science fair projects allow students to share their personal investigations about nature. In a science fair presentation, a student typ...

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Using Clay Models to Understand Volcanic Mudflows

Gravity is a subtle but ubiquitous force that influences nearly all geologic processes from the formation of ores to the flow of glaciers and rivers. ...