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Idea Bank: Demonstrating the Self-Assembly of the Cell Membrane
Although the cell membrane is a complex structure, its basic form, and the self-organizing behavior of the molecules that produce it, can be easily si...
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The Prepared Practitioner: Constructivism and Conceptual Change, Part I
Constructivism is the basis for standards, inquiry-based instruction, and a candidate for buzzword of the decade. But what is constructivism? This mon...
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Current Taxonomy in Classroom Instruction
The ability to sequence genes has vastly altered our understanding of higher-level relationships among organisms such as those found at the kingdom le...
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Space Architect Constance Adams
Drawing knowledge from many fields—including science, engineering, and art—space architects such as Constance Adams design structures for nonterre...
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Nematodes: Model Organisms in High School Biology
In a collaborative effort between university researchers and high school science teachers, an inquiry-based laboratory module was designed using two s...
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Fall Colors, Temperature, and Day Length
Along with the bright hues of orange, red, and yellow, the season of fall represents significant changes, such as day length and temperature. These ch...
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A Cooperative Classroom Investigation of Climate Change
Scientists have a particularly difficult time explaining warming trends in Antarctica—a region with a relatively short history of scientific observa...
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Numerous connections exist between climate science and topics normally covered in physics and physical science courses. For instance, lessons on heat ...
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The hydrologic cycle is a very basic scientific principle. In this article, background information is presented on how the hydrologic cycle provides s...