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Journal Article

This article explores the tensions embedded in the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) that pose both opportunities and challenges for biology instruction with implications for all the sciences. It highlights issues that may...

Journal Article

In Sync with Science Teaching

A handheld computer is a portable electronic device that helps organize and integrate electronic data into the mobile lifestyle of busy professionals and many students. Handheld devices have become more than just convenient, expensive, electronic dat...

Journal Article

The Need for Ocean Literacy in the Classroom - Part I: An overview of efforts to promote ocean literacy

Society is largely ocean illiterate and a basic understanding of the key concepts needed for sound decision making on matters related to sustainability and the health of humankind is lacking. At present, a network of approximately 100 members of the ...

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Ocean Science in the Classroom

Although ocean or marine science courses can effectively integrate the sciences in ways that stimulate student curiosity and interest, they have not yet received formal recognition for the role they could play in improving science education for secon...

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The Gulf Stream and Density of Fluids

A few kilometers from the shores of Palm Beach County, Florida, the Gulf Stream current—a remarkable "river" within an ocean—makes its closest approach to land. To help students understand why and how the Gulf Stream flows, they study how Florida...

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Editor's Corner: Liquid Gold

As prices soar to over $3 a gallon, “it” has become a hotly contested political issue. Wars and other international conflicts have erupted over access to “it,” and pumping “it” out of the ground has become more and more expensive. If you�...

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A Message from the NSTA President: Quality Science Teachers -- Essential to America's Future

Our nation has begun to take science and the accomplishments of scientists in the United States for granted. The telephone, airplane, automobile, electric power, atomic fuel, vaccine, transplants, medicines--all of the discoveries of the past centur...