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Ask the Experts -- April/May 2006

The Experts address this thought-provoking question in this month's column: "How does the air quality, specifically the level of air pollutants, in the smoking section of a restaurant compare to air quality in smoke-free restaurants?"...

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Idea Bank: Inquiry and the Collapsing Can

The Collapsing Can demonstration has reached classic status for illustrating pressure and properties of gases for students of all ages. But how effective is this demonstration for promoting learning? How can it be converted from simply a dramatic eve...

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Learning to Make Systematic Decisions

How do communities deal with the needs of a growing population? How do they manage limited resources like land, energy, and water? How do they balance the needs of humans against the needs of native ecosystems? The case-based, environmental science c...

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Knowing When You Don't Know

This article describes an alternative way of testing--a performance assessment--that is different both in process and goals from typical tests, but closer to what teachers believe assessment should be. Teachers who have helped to create, refine, and ...

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Collaboration with Community Partners

Collaborations with community partners make problem-based learning experiences more authentic and exciting for students while ensuring that the experience is consistent with the community’s needs and interests. The authors describe a problem-based ...

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Editor's Corner: Community Collaboration

Science activities that take students outside the school walls can combine the best aspects of service to the community, problem-based learning, and lessons in good citizenship. Over the past half-decade, The Science Teacher (TST) has published more ...