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Journal Article

One way for teachers to show a small specimen to an entire class is by placing the specimen in a small, transparent display case, such as a Petri dish...

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Idea Bank: What's Up with Kudzu?

The abundance of Kudzu—a Japanese vine—in the state of Mississippi provides a natural pathway for discovery opportunities. All over the South in l...

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Learning How to Think

Enhancing students’ cognitive development is a priority—students must learn how to think. Inquiry instruction provides students with tools to ma...

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Assessing Student Understanding

Science education has moved from the traditional lecture-and-demonstration model toward a student inquiry model. Although science teachers know that i...

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Ask the Experts—March 2004

The following question is addressed in this month’s column: An email debate among science teachers focused on the explosive nature of “superheated...

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Models That Matter

Chemistry is a difficult subject for students to understand because its core concepts—atoms, molecules, and chemical bonds—cannot be directly obse...

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Editor's Corner: Modeling Clay, Whiteboards, and Poster Sessions

As classroom teachers, we develop great expertise with sticky notes, whiteout, and highlighters. They are the staples of our daily survival along with...

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An Island of Stability

The concept of energy arises in all disciplines of science, from ecosystems and species niches to gravity and motion. However, most students have diff...