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Scope on the Skies: Follow the Drinking Gourd

Journal Article

Scope on the Skies: Follow the Drinking Gourd

As you gaze into the stars during the month of February, remember the plight of African Americans and their ancestors. During the years leading up to ...

Science Sampler: Torricelli, Pascal, and PVC pipe

Journal Article

Science Sampler: Torricelli, Pascal, and PVC pipe

Two giants of science who led the way to our understanding of atmospheric pressure and fluids were Evangelista Torricelli and Blaise Pascal. By conduc...

Science Sampler: Inquiry with earthworms

Journal Article

Science Sampler: Inquiry with earthworms

Earthworms wiggle their way into your science curriculum in this fun and hands-on activity. Students experiment with earthworms to gain a better under...

Weather to Make a Decision

Journal Article

Weather to Make a Decision

Try DECIDE, a web-based, teacher-friendly, integrated approach designed to stimulate learning by allowing students to make decisions using scientific ...

Teacher's Toolkit: Two-tiered assessment

Journal Article

Teacher's Toolkit: Two-tiered assessment

Developing good instruments that can be used to assess what students really know about scientific content is one of the most difficult tasks facing te...

When Art Meets Einstein

Journal Article

When Art Meets Einstein

A New World View, a composition of pale blue glass and steel, is an homage to the most famous scientist in modern history -- Albert Einstein. View thi...

What Happens to Animals during Hurricanes?

Journal Article

What Happens to Animals during Hurricanes?

Student curiosity provides a springboard for discussions ranging from weather, to conservation, to biology, and concern for animal welfare. Teachers c...

Science Sampler: Handmade weather instruments

Journal Article

Science Sampler: Handmade weather instruments

For students to truly understand the science behind weather phenomena, they should be familiar with such physical concepts as the movement of molecule...

Science Sampler: The Hot Zone: An interdisciplinary project on viruses

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Science Sampler: The Hot Zone: An interdisciplinary project on viruses

This integrated language arts and science project is based on selected parts of The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. Students read the parts of the book t...

Science Sampler: Using the Pokemon alphabet to teach classification and phylogeny

Journal Article

Science Sampler: Using the Pokemon alphabet to teach classification and phylogeny

Did you ever think you'd see the day when Pokemon would make an appearance in the classroom, and actually be allowed to stay? The activity described ...

Issue in-depth: Inside alternatively powered vehicles: The problems and the possibilities

Journal Article

Issue in-depth: Inside alternatively powered vehicles: The problems and the possibilities

Like all things natural or human-made, all modes of transportation, from horses to spacecraft are governed by the Principle of conservation of matter,...

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