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Journal Article

Spicing Up Your Classroom With Games

Games allow teachers to interact with their students in a different way than they normally do. They also have the potential to challenge and assess students’ understanding of content. Games allow me to “play” with my students in ways that other...

By Melanie Pearlman

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Teaching With Simulations

Teachers use simulations for student motivation, content learning, and engagement in science practices. ...

By Argenta Price, Carl Wieman, and Katherine Perkins

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Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 2

In the February 2019 issue we looked at teaching speed and velocity. Now we’re ready to tackle acceleration. ...

By PAUL G. HEWITT

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More than a Game

Computer simulations have become essential to scientific investigation and engineering design, thanks to advances in mathematical modeling, game theory, and computing technology. Simulations now provide an indispensable tool for investigating the pro...

By Steve Metz

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An Interview With Atmospheric Scientist Shawn Urbanski

Atmospheric scientists study the chemical composition of the atmosphere. More specifically, they look at how atmospheric gases, liquids, and solids interact both with each other and with the earth's surface. This helps people understand such phenomen...

By Luba Vangelova

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Envisioning the Possibilities of Educational Gaming with Carl Sagan

In the late summer of 1983, when video games were relatively new, astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator Carl Sagan recognized their potential value as he imagined “how to design a home video game which would teach a great deal of astron...

By Kellie Taylor