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Idea Bank: Success with Science Folders
The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s issue, the author describes how using science folders helps students to be more organized and improves achievement....
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Commentary: Curriculum Versus the Volcano
An opinion piece about the vinegar-volcano chemistry demonstration, and how science teachers have the tendency to fall back on dramatic demonstrations presented without much explanation or application....
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Students use time-tested strategies to recall scientific information. By means of mnemonics—cognitive strategies that help students learn and remember scientific information such as facts, lists, categories, and procedures—students apply simple a...
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Emphasizing both math and science in an interdisciplinary high school program. This three-year math-science curriculum connects the fundamental concepts of physics, biology, and chemistry with algebra and geometry. Interdisciplinary courses allow stu...
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By investigating laundry detergent effectiveness, students participate in discovery-based learning. A common paper chromatography experiment is modified to introduce students to properties of surfactants and is used as a surrogate system for removal...
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Fostering Inquiry through Problem-Based Learning
Students learn the role of genetics counseling and gene testing in the identification and treatment of cystic fibrosis. University researchers team up with a high school teacher to plan and implement problem-based learning (PBL) in a high school biol...
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Pendulum racing from the playground to the physics lab. This inquiry-based physics lesson uses playground swings to introduce students to the motion of a pendulum. Students use graphical and mathematical methods to match their experimental data to th...
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Implementing problem-based learning (PBL) without redesigning a curriculum. This article explores ways to integrate PBL into science curricula and to introduce and use PBL lessons throughout the school year. By implementing these techniques, teachers...