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The Hudson River Watershed contains a variety of geologic, topographic, climatic, and hydrologic features and a diversity of land-use patterns—makin...
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Science 2.0: Invitation to Inquiry
Too often, students are not engaged in authentic questioning. Dan Meyer, a math educator, explains, “Our curricula are full of pseudoproblems wrappe...
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Why Do Athletes Drink Sports Drinks?
Why does an athlete reach for a sports drink after a tough game or practice? The learning cycle presented in this article helps students answer this q...
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Thoughtful teachers allow students to pursue the relationship between structure and function before learning about particular organelles, usually thro...
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Career of the Month: An Interview With Broadcast Engineer Glenn Leffler
Broadcast engineers maintain radio stations—their job is to keep stations on the air and making money. From rewiring a station’s equipment to fixi...
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The Green Room: Greening Your Science Curriculum
You do not need to significantly change your curriculum to incorporate environmental topics. There are plenty of course-specific resources that can he...
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Editor’s Corner: Into the Future With <em>The Science Teacher</em>
The end of the year is always a time for reflection. Although December may feel more like midyear for teachers, the end of the calendar year inevitabl...
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The New Teacher’s Toolbox: Getting a Handle on Grading
Anecdotally, colleagues have shared that they spend anywhere from 3 to 10 hours a week on grading—depending on the time of year. When you add planni...
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The New Teacher’s Toolbox: When Silence Is Not Golden
Silences can be quite uncomfortable, and in front of a classroom of students, 10 seconds can feel like an eternity. Class participation is tricky beca...
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Many first-year chemistry students have memorized the steps of the “scientific method” and can recite them without any prompting. But when introdu...