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Career of the Month: An interview with Aquatic Conservation Biologist Zeb Hogan
To protect the diversity of life on Earth, conservation biologists study species and habitats in danger of extinction. Freshwater is arguably one of t...
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Ask the Experts—September 2007
In this month’s column, the experts address the following question: Why do mosquitoes ignore me, while they devour my brother-in-law! ...
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Safe Science: Laboratory Safety: Welcome Aboard!
Why has The Science Teacher initiated a new safety column? Walk into a typical science classroom today and you are likely to see the teacher conduct...
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The Prepared Practitioner: Defining Science
In a recent Phi Delta Kappan article, Perry Zirkel (2007) described professors and superintendents as “… two groups … marching to the beat of ...
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Idea Bank: Clarifying Tropical Cyclone Activity in Centuries Past
In order to truly answer questions of hurricane frequency one must move past short-term human-documented meteorological records and find environmental...
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Feel the Pulse of Earth Science!
Each year, the American Geological Institute (AGI) organizes Earth Science Week to help monitor and spread Earth science literacy. This year marks the...
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President’s Message: Meeting the Needs of the New World Student
To succeed in the 21st century, students have to learn how to be creative problem solvers who can work in collaborative groups. These new-world studen...
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Idea Bank: Literature Circle Roles for Science Vocabulary
The study of science is often vocabulary intensive. An analysis of high school chemistry, biology, physics, and Earth science textbooks showed that ap...
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The experts address the following question in this month’s column: How do fireflies get their light power?...
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Mentoring New Science Teachers
Most experienced high school science teachers are asked at some point to serve as a mentor to a novice teacher. While mentor-training programs have be...
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School is out and the summer is full of both official and unofficial holidays that prompt us to enjoy science and the profession of sharing it. As in ...
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Editor’s Corner: Supporting New Teachers
Many new teachers who leave schools after the first year report lack of support and poor working conditions as the primary reasons for leaving. New te...
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Supporting Beginning Science Teachers
The focus of this article is the more immediate way to help new science teachers, which comes from the experienced and professionally active teacher�...
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Careers in Science and Technical Communication
This article provides practical guidance for science teachers to help students who love both science and writing, and are struggling to find a career ...