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Outdoor Ecology School

Journal Article

Outdoor Ecology School

On a bright spring day last year, high school environmental science students led third graders on a dynamic learning adventure as part of an annual Ou...

Bennett's Millpond

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Bennett's Millpond

In a rural Eastern North Carolina county, a team of students and teachers came together to explore the scientific dynamics of a historic millpond. The...

Career of the Month: An Interview with Radiation Therapist Robert Adams

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Career of the Month: An Interview with Radiation Therapist Robert Adams

Cancer encompasses over 125 diseases. In the United States alone, over 1 million people will be diagnosed with cancer this year. Approximately 70 perc...

The GISt of GPS

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The GISt of GPS

By getting lost in geospatial technology, a group of high school students discovered how to help members of the community find their way around. This ...

Measuring River Pollution

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Measuring River Pollution

The Don River watershed is located within Canada’s most highly urbanized area—metropolitan Toronto. To help assess the ecological health of the Do...

Polymers and People

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Polymers and People

Each Tuesday during the fall of 2002, teams of high school students from three South Carolina countries conducted a four-hour polymer institute for th...

A Ladder of Thinking

Journal Article

A Ladder of Thinking

Introducing students to metacognition, or thinking about one’s thinking, allows them to discover the value of reflection. Courses related to thinkin...

Nutritional Chemistry

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Nutritional Chemistry

With the convenience of fast-food restaurants on almost every corner, many young people are consuming these foods too often. Therefore, a group of con...

Career of the Month: An interview with hurricane researcher Christopher Landsea

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Career of the Month: An interview with hurricane researcher Christopher Landsea

Do you find yourself gazing at the sky, curious about the forces of nature? Meteorologists’ curiosity drives them to understand Earth’s atmospheri...

Ask the Experts—April 2004

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Ask the Experts—April 2004

In this month’s column, the following question is addressed: On very hot days when the Sun beats against the pavement, the light above the ground ap...

Idea Bank: The Human Population Game

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Idea Bank: The Human Population Game

The future of civilization and the biosphere depend partly on what is accomplished in the classroom today. Population, resource use, and population’...

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