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Putting Assessment to the Test: Tips for designing standards-based tests

During the last decade significant changes occurred in the way we teach and assess learning. Both the National Science Education Standards (National Research Council, 1996) and the suggestions from Benchmarks from Scientific Literacy (American Assoc...

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Editor's Corner: Science Poses Challenges to Every Demographic Group

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the release of the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics latest science scores for grades 4, 8, and 12 from the 2000 assessment....

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Encouraging Equitable Enrollment—A Second Look: Five-year study results reflect increased science enrollment from underrepresented groups

In 1997, Project JUST (Join Underrepresented in Science and Technology) was launched. This school system project increased the number of underrepresented minority students taking and completing high school science and mathematics courses. This articl...

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Under Pressure: Activities with a vacuum pump (and some marshmallows) help students learn about pressure

What would happen if a person went into space without a spacesuit? Before learning the answer students must first understand the forces—gravity and atmospheric pressure. This article describes various demonstrations using a vacuum pump to investi...

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Investigating Island Evolution: A Galapagos-based lesson using the 5E instructional model

Many endemic species of the Galapagos Islands are useful for a biology teacher planning an extended lesson on evolution. In this activity, the teacher focuses on his Galapagos Islands’ experience to develop a unique lesson plan, using the 5E instru...

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Thinking Outside the Block: An innovative alternative to 4x4 block scheduling

Block scheduling is a schedule composed of four 90-minute class periods in a day. This article focuses on the experiences of a high school's adoption of block scheduling but rethinking the block to a 4x1 block schedule—four 110-minute class periods...

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Reflecting on a Misconception: Can students see a full-length image in a small mirror?

Looking at the reflection of our image in a mirror is so commonplace that most of us are unaware of the misconception we hold with respect to this phenomenon. This article provides an activity that will help students explore the concepts and relatio...