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Science for All

Volume 92, Issue 2

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Fostering Equity and Advocacy in a High School Biology Classroom: A Case Study Approach to Genetics and Social Justice
Centering Care in Justice-Centered Science Teaching and Learning
Individual Awareness to Systemic Action: Expanding Students’ Project with Civic Action Matrix
Why Do Elephants Rarely Get Cancer? Exploring Genomic Evolutionary Adaptations and the Role of a Tumor Suppressor Gene

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Volume 90, Number 6 Engaging All Students in Our Science Classes Making science engaging for ALL students requires each of us to know our students as learners with individual interests and identities. Through the common components of science ...

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Volume 90, Number 5 May/June 2023 Promoting Scientific Literacy Scientific literacy means understanding how science is done, what is science versus non-science, and how to evaluate claims we are exposed to on a daily basis....

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Volume 90, Number 4 March/April 2023 Creating a Scientific Classroom Community Can we use ecology as a metaphor for the science classroom? Is there a way for students, teachers, curriculum, and learning experiences to thrive and be a commu...

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The Science Teacher—January/February 2023

Special Issue on Immunology Guest Editors: Colby Tofel-Grehl and Brooke A. Whitworth The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the absence of resources for teachers to engage students in learning about infectious disease as both a socio-scientific issu...

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The Science Teacher—November/December 2022

November/December 2022 Volume 90, Number 2 Many proponents of direct instruction believe it cuts down on classroom management issues. Sure, maybe it breeds fear and intimidation among the students, but then their love of learning science plum...

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The Science Teacher—September/October 2022

Volume 90, Number 1 Alternative Assessments in the Science Classroom When I say “assessments,” what immediately comes to your mind? Tests, quizzes, and exams? Does it always have to be that way? As you know, there are two main categori...

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Volume 89, Number 6 Societal Issues in the STEM ...

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May/June 2022 Volume 89, Number 5 Welcoming. Listening. Open-mindedness. Common ground. Social identities. Respecting. Suspending judgment. Authenticity. Purposeful. Positionality. Inclusive strategies in our science classes include all of...

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Volume 89, Number 3 Data Analysis in the Science Classroom This issue provides myriad examples of discovering, examining, and interpreting data in the science classroom.    ...

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The Science Teacher—November/December 2021

Volume 89, Number 2 Culturally Relevant Science Pedagogy Validating students’ cultural identities in classroom practices—such as understanding and integrating the students’ family makeup, immigration history and experiences, individual ...

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The Science Teacher—September/October 2021

Volume 89, Number 1 September/October 2021 In this social justice-themed issue, we look at examples of educators implementing lessons, labs, and activities that make classrooms more critically-just places. Their work is to be applauded and em...

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Volume 88, Number 4, March/April 2021 Technology Innovations in Science Teaching This issue of The Science Teacher focuses on technological innovations in the science classroom. Modelling software, data analysis, and virtual scientific tours ...

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Volume 88, Number 1 Evaluating Scientific Claims ...

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The Science Teacher—July/August 2020

Volume 87, No. 9 Equity for All How can we, as science educators, erase inequitable practices in our teaching?  Digital Edition  ...

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Nature and the Environment Volume 87, No. 8 Digital Edition ...

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  Volume 87, Number 7 Making science come alive and having students address critical social issues creates a more socially just environment, where all students truly are created equal. ...

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Volume 87, Number 6 The word assessment conjures up many questions for science teachers. Is it a necessary evil? When is it helpful and beneficial? What is lost during the mandatory weeks of proctoring standardized exams to our overtested, str...

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The Science Teacher—January 2020

Volume 87, Number 5 Fake news. Pseudoscience. Bad Science. Never before has so much information, both good and bad, been available to us. If our students graduate knowing the steps of the Krebs cycle but cannot re...

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The Science Teacher—November/December 2019

Volume 87, Number 4 Learning on Personal Devices Tablets, cell phones, and other handheld devices have become increasingly popular tools to help students learn. In this issue we examine innovative ways teachers have incorporated handheld de...

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The Science Teacher—October 2019

Teaching the periodic table is a central part of chemistry, whether it involves memorizing the symbols of the elements, learning about the properties of the families, or understanding its general organization. This year, The International Year of the...

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The Science Teacher—September 2019

Our legacy as science teachers revolves around the memories we make with our students. Make memories. Leave a legacy. ...

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The Science Teacher—July 2019

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS Lead States 2013) weave connections to the nature of science into every standard. The NGSS note that “Science is both a set of practices and the historical accumulation of knowledge… students should dev...

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The Science Teacher—August 2019

As early as 1896, Swedish Nobel Prize winner Svante Arrhenius presented a hypothesis demonstrating that doubling the carbon dioxide content in Earth’s atmosphere would lead to a warming of its climate. By the 1950s, the higher temperatures Arrheniu...

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