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The 1988 fires at Yellowstone National Park burned 1.4 million acres in the tri-state areas of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho—encompassing the greater ...
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The Prepared Practitioner: Correlation and Causality
We are awash in data! Every week brings stories about scientific studies—especially those related to personal health. The news also brings stories a...
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Idea Bank: Knowing Without Seeing
In the following demonstration, students are asked to form a mental picture of an object hidden beneath a cardboard blind. Students must formulate hyp...
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The “Under the Mistletoe” project was developed to capitalize on student curiosity about the American Christmas Mistletoe plant and draw learners ...
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Field studies are an excellent way for students to learn ecological concepts and practice doing science. This article presents an approach for the sec...
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Idea Bank: “Show-that”—A Better Framework for Problem Solving
“Show-that” problems provide the answer in the form of an equation in the question itself—which changes the goal from finding a number to showi...
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Because of the variability exhibited by individual animals’ responses to their environment, studying animal behavior can be a wonderful way to engag...
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Musical Acoustics Scientist James Beauchamp
When we think of sound, several things come to mind, from irritating noises to our favorite songs. Musical acoustics is the scientific study of sound ...
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Safe Science: Raining Down on Safety!
Emergency eyewashes and showers are critical safety devices that are required in high school science laboratories. Unfortunately, some science teacher...
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Investigating the Earth and Its Environment
Along with the need to make their curriculum more comprehensive and reflective of the national and state standards, one school district also searched ...
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Idea Bank: Convection in a Fish Tank
Understanding convection is fundamental for students to fully grasp the science behind large-scale events on Earth, such as global wind patterns, plat...