All The Science Teacher resources

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Classroom Composting: Creating compost using an inquiry-based design

This article challenges students through a variety of questions to learn about the optimum conditions necessary for composting. The students had more questions than answers so an internet search was done to gain more information and to expand their u...

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Chapterless Science: Taking a new approach to presenting science material

Dividing a scientific discipline into sections or chapters of a book is not always the most effective way of presenting class material to students. This article gets away from the formal and traditional use of textbooks and instead mixes its concepts...

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Worms on Ice: Exploring the mysteries of the elusive ice worm

Students and teachers can participate in ongoing scientific research through simple worm experiments in the classroom. During the latest JASON Project expedition, a team of students designed and conducted several experiments comparing ice worms with ...

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Teaching Physics with Dynamic Simulation: Simulators connect science to everyday life

Dynamic simulation has great potential as a tool for teaching physics and general science. These simulators provide students with laboratories for experimenting with phenomena in the context of real situations such as driving, home energy conservatio...

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Detecting and Preventing Plagiarism: Helping students avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism

Once a student has plagiarized successfully, they are likely to try it repeatedly and before long their enthusiasm to learn has been robbed. Today’s technology-savvy students are finding it easy to plagiarize papers using the Internet. The author s...

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Commentary: Finding Purpose—Reflecting Upon Curriculum and Assessment

An opinion piece about how the purpose of teaching plays a sginificant role in how lessons are received and valued. The challenge for teachers is to critically reflect upon the purpose of their curriculum and assessments, and most importantly share t...

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Designed for Successful Learning: Using multiple intelligence assessment in the science classroom

This article reports the results of a research study that assessed the multiple intelligences of high school students enrolled in physics courses. ...

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Science and Communication: Incorporating language arts instruction into science lessons

Good communication skills are essential to the success of every student. With minor adjustments science teachers can teach communication skills without sacrificing science content. The author suggests four ways to integrate language arts skills into...

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Idea Bank: A Forgotten Resource

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank focuses on the one educational resource often overlooked—guest speakers. They can offer an excellent insight into science and science c...

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Minimizing Misconceptions: Tools for identifying patterns of reasoning

By distinguishing clear patterns of reasoning, teachers can face the long list of student misconceptions without feeling overwhelmed. This article offers chemistry teachers a useful tool that describes eight thinking rules and examples of alternative...