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Journal Article

Amy Bower is a physical oceanographer and senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts—she has also been legally blind for 14 years. Through her partnership with the Perkins School for the Blind i...

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Career of the Month: An Interview With Cosmetic Chemist Amy Wyatt

Where do you turn when you have a bad hair day or need to cover up an unwanted blemish? From hair gels to concealers, cosmetic chemists use science and creativity to develop products that make us look and feel good. As the executive director of Chane...

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Helping Students With Learning Disabilities Succeed

Students with learning disabilities (LD) frequently take general education science classes because their disabilities are very mild. Sometimes, however, it is difficult for students with LD to succeed in the classes and pass the related high-stakes a...

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Helping Students Write Better Conclusions

Unlike the vocabulary used in language arts and social studies, knowledge of expository text (text written to inform) and the language of science are required for reading and writing in science (Carrier 2005). This vocabulary, along with expository t...

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Increasing the Drive of Your Physics Class

First-year physics students often have a difficult time grasping Newton’s laws of motion and recognizing the forces that these laws depend on. The “Paper Car” project is an experiential activity that is rich in application of force principles. ...

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Editor’s Corner: Science for All (March 2008)

This issue of The Science Teacher (TST) represents our 13th consecutive annual issue devoted to the theme “Science for All.” The theme serves as an umbrella for ideas and strategies to mitigate academic achievement gaps associated with ethnicity...