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This article presents a lesson in which students examine current field research on global change. In particular, students investigate the effect of ca...
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The Prepared Practitioner: Intro to Research
As a K-12 teacher, should you pay attention to the research done by “those university people up in their ivory towers?” To understand some of what...
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Space travel, even low Earth orbit, is probably several years away for most of us; however, students and teachers can research the edge of space by pa...
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Professors of an online graduate-level paleontology class developed the concept of marquee fossils—fossils that have one or more unique characterist...
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Multiple Modes of Inquiry in Earth Science
To help teachers enrich their students’ understanding of inquiry in Earth science, this article describes six modes of inquiry used by practicing ge...
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Idea Bank: Connecting Students to Seismic Waves
Have you ever wanted your Earth science students to have a controlled, concrete experience to learn about earthquakes? SeisMac, a free Mac OS X applic...
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Redefining Earthquakes and the Earthquake Machine
The Earthquake Machine (EML), a mechanical model of stick-slip fault systems, can increase student engagement and facilitate opportunities to particip...
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Idea Bank: Ring Species through Space and Time—A Class Demo
Several educators feel that teaching evolution is critical to science education, yet the issue of human evolution is sometimes avoided due to cultural...
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Commentary: Reflections from an NSTA High School Committee Member
Membership on the NSTA High School Science Committee has been an “eye-opening and professionally rewarding experience” for Jim Redmond. In this mo...
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A typical card sort is an activity in which students are given a set of cards with a single concept written on each card and asked to organize the car...
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The Prepared Practitioner: A Free Library
The internet has been a wonderful invention for making resources easily available to anyone with access. As a science teacher and NSTA member, you pro...
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Science as a Moving Experience for All Learners
Students with disabilities (SWDs), students at risk, and even honors students can have a hard time relating to traditional science instruction and oft...
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The end of a year is always a time for reflection and looking back. Even though December may feel more like mid-year for teachers, the end of the cale...