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After participating in a professional development class entitled “Energy and the Environment,” sponsored by the American Electric Power Company, the author studied coal as an energy source and its effect on the environment. The final assignment w...
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Commentary: The Case for Integrated Science
An opinion piece about the increasing interest in high school integrated science courses throughout the United States....
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Problem-based learning (PBL) is a powerful vehicle for inquiry-based learning in which students use an authentic problem as the context for an in-depth investigation of what they need and want to know (Checkly, 1997). This article presents ten steps ...
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Problem-based learning is a powerful tool that motivates students to learn problem solving through investigation and research. The problems should be applicable to real life, messy or undefined, and require students to create products. To introduce t...
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Commentary: The Science of Special Education
An opinion piece about the need to improve science curricula in the area of special education....
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Educators and scientists alike acknowledge the shortage of minorities pursuing science careers. To address this problem, West Virginia University (WVU) has created the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA), which reaches out to underrepresent...
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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank includes an analogy for understanding electron configurations, information on electronic mailing lists, along with a listing of some usef...
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Editor's Corner: Teachers Who Care
The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....
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Although most students do not have the opportunity to conduct in situ research projects until college, the Classroom of the Sea program at the American School for the Deaf (ASD) provides an unusual opportunity for students to work directly with scien...