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Idea Bank: The Snowball Questioning Method

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank highlights an efficient method of questioning students that brings quick feedback, revealing how well they understand a topic....

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Safer Science: OSHA's Newest Lab Resource

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses a new OSHA publication Laboratory Safety Guidance....

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Striking a Balance

This article describes using learning centers to advance English language learners' linguistic fluency....

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Engaging Students in the Scientific Practices of Explanation and Argumentation

This article examines the sixth and seventh practices concerning explanation and argumentation, found in A Framework for K–12 Science Education....

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Every Word You Speak

This article shows how teachers can use common instructional methods to ensure that students, including ELLs, understand the language of science, construct new concepts, and simultaneously develop academic English abilities....

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Engaging Students in Scientific Practices: What Does Constructing and Revising Models Look Like in the Science Classroom?

In this article the authors look in-depth at scientific practice number 2—developing, evaluating, and revising scientific models to explain and predict phenomena—and what it means for classroom teaching....

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Safer Science: Goodbye MSDS, Hello SDS

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses a proposed rule change to the Hazard Communication Standard, a national standard that addresses chemical management and employee safet...

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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Lighting the Fire of Enthusiasm

This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue discusses the role that excitement plays in the classroom and provides tips to generate interest and enthusiasm when students need it most....

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Are You Certain?

This article discusses teaching error analysis and other experimental skills in the physics classroom....

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Exploring the Unknown

This article describes The Concord Consortium's High-Adventure Science Project, which brings frontier science into the classroom, allowing students to explore questions in Earth and space science that scientists are currently investigating....