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Editor’s Corner: Literacy 2010 (and Beyond)

The ability to read and write should be a baseline expectation for all. In the modern world, competent reading and writing is only the beginning of true literacy. Our students must now be competent in multiple “literacies”: technological, media, ...

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Science 2.0: Introducing Science 2.0!

The internet of the mid-to-late 1990s was defined by static web pages created by people with specialized technical skills. Today, that barrier has been all but eliminated with the emergence of easy-to-use online tools for creating and sharing content...

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Gel Electrophoresis on a Budget to Dye For

Gel electrophoresis is one of the most important tools used in molecular biology and has facilitated the entire field of genetic engineering by enabling the separation of nucleic acids and proteins. However, commercial electrophoresis kits can cost u...

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Health Wise—January 2010

What should I know about mercury levels in fish? And are there any recommendations for the types and amount of fish I should eat?...

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More Than Writing-to-Learn

Writing-to-learn activities are designed to use writing as a process in which students generate and clarify understanding of scientific concepts for themselves, rather than simply communicating with a teacher for evaluation. Instead of having student...

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Rocks and Rhymes!

Field-note poetry is the product of the authors’ efforts to combine current research in learning and cognition with integrated geoscience and language arts activities. In this article, they present a fun and effective activity that teaches students...

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The Prepared Practitioner: Central Limit Theorem

Statistics have been an important part of science since Gregor Mendel used pea plants to study heredity in the 19th century, if not before. Everyday life is filled with statistics—about sports, the stock market, weather, and so on. Understanding ru...

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Idea Bank: ExploraVision—Extracurricular Research and Development

The ExploraVision model encourages students to use their knowledge and creativity to solve real-world problems. It gives any student, at any grade level, the opportunity to participate in scientific collaboration. This Idea Bank introduces the Explor...

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Safer Science: Taking Responsibility for Safety

In science classes and labs, it is the teacher’s professional responsibility to ensure student safety by seeking out safety information that is independent of what is found in the lab manual and making informed judgments. Therefore, teachers must u...

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Working Model Hearts

Despite student interest, the heart is often a poorly understood topic in biology. To help students understand this vital organ’s physiology, the author created this investigation activity involving the mammalian heart and its role in the circulato...

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Editor’s Corner: STEM Beyond the Classroom

One of our most important tasks as science educators is to encourage students to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). So, how do we encourage more students to consider STEM careers? It is a multilayered proble...