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Studying Hammerheads in Hawaii
The High School Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Tagging Program in Hawaii is an example of a successful partnership researach collaboration. As part of the program, high school students and teachers worked with biologists from the University of Hawaii-Man...
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Studying Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) live cultures provides excellent opportunities for authentic inquiry in a high school anatomy and physiology or other biology lab course. The anatomy of C. elegans, a free-living roundworm found in soil ...
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A collaborating scientist—a rewarding addition to any high school science program—can help students collect and analyze data that either replicates or parallels the work of the partnering scientist. A perfect example of a scientist-student collab...
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Teaching Science to Students with Learning Disabilities
Due to increasingly widespread inclusion practices and more thorough identification procedures, students with documented learning disabilities (LD) are becoming a larger percentage of the science classroom. Because many practicing science teachers ha...
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The Art & Science of Mask Making
Art, particularly observational drawing, plays an important role in science. By creating representational artwork, students develop observation skills and appreciation of the diverse ways organisms have adapted to life on Earth. This interdisciplinar...
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Diabetes Education in Tribal Schools
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations are in the midst of a Type 2 diabetes epidemic. To address this crisis, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) began funding a national initiative titled "Diabete...
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 (2005)
The annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for K-12 students was selected by a committee of National Science Teacher Association members. This comprehensive list of selected books were all published in 2005....
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More than half of all students with learning disabilities (LD) receive science instruction in regular education classes. Because LD student numbers are increasing, the ability of classroom teachers to accommodate these students is being challenged. T...