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Journal Article

The Learning Cycle and Instructional Conversations

Engaging students in instructional conversations creates opportunities for discovering and internalizing the critical attributes of a concept. In this article, the authors will identify questioning practices for the Exploration Phase of the Learning ...

Journal Article

Curriculum Compacting

Is it practical to expect teachers to tailor instruction to meet the needs of gifted students when many teachers are already taxed by trying to differentiate curriculum for exceptional education students? It seems an impossible task, but teachers can...

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Recycle Used Oil on America Recycles Day

Motor oil doesn’t wear out—it just gets dirty. Students and the general public may not know that used oil can be reused or recycled. The fact is, used oil can be re-fined, blended with additives, and used again. When you consider that 1.4 billion...

Journal Article

Fact or Fiction?

This article describes how to use the radio broadcast of H.G. Well’s War of the Worlds as a backdrop to studying the planets and how they differ from our planet. This approach can serve as a powerful force to motivate students to understand our sol...

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Teaching Inquiry Skills Using Rainsticks

South American tribes created rainsticks—percussion instruments made from bamboo or dried cactus filled with rice—to appeal to the gods in hopes of bringing rain. In Africa, rainsticks are musical instruments. In the Caribbean, they are used in c...

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After the Bell: Adopting and observing

Much of science requires long periods of observation, but students in traditional classrooms have limited opportunities to make scientific observations. An "adoption journal" provides practice in making these detailed observations in an unobtrusive, ...