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Journal Article

This article provides three engaging projects science teachers can use to help students develop environmental consciousness and global awareness using young adult literature and technology....

Journal Article

Secret in the Margins: Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment

In this article, the authors describe a lesson that uses the 5E Learning Cycle to help students not only understand the atomic model but also how Ernest Rutherford helped develop it. The lesson uses Rutherford's gold foil experiment to focus on three...

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The Green Room: Start an Environmental Club

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses different activities that students can do as part of an environmental club....

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Editor's Corner: 21st-Century Skills

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....

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Idea Bank: Getting Up to Speed

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, the author discusses the common high school physics activity of calculating walking speed. The author adapted this activity and three...

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Science in the 21st Century: More Than Just the Facts

The authors have worked to meet the demands of the 21st century by using the Urban EcoLab, an urban ecology curriculum based on the National Science Education Standards. This curriculum emphasizes the local and community-based nature of science and i...

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Editor's Corner: Motivating the Millennials

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....

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Idea Bank: Mirror Writing and Learning Physics by Helping Others

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, authors explore mirror writing and physics....

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Teaching and Assessing the Nature of Science

Learn how to effectively incorporate the nature of science in your classroom. Nature of science issues should be addressed as questions, which encourages both teachers and students to think more deeply about the context of nature of science ideas....

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Avatar in the Science Classroom

This article discusses linking science and pop culture to design imaginary ecosystems. The author presents "The Dream Ecosystem" project, based on the movie Avatar....