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Teaching for Tomorrow: Scientific Literacy in the Classroom
This article describes the integrated Coding, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (CSTEM) full-year course that aligns mathematical skil...
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Conceptual and Mathematical Evolutionary Fitness models
Biological evolutionary models have become popular tools for inquiry. Models can help expose complex systems and guide experimentation. Not all resear...
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Using Photo-journals to Support Real-World Connections to Classroom Content
Many teachers are asked by their students how the science content they are learning in class matters in the "real world." Although these connections m...
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Science L.I.A.R.S.: A Game to Combat Misinformation
Science in the wild — misinformation beyond the boundaries of the science classroom and curated media sources — threatens our culture Here, I pres...
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A Solar Panel Modeling Project for Chemistry
The Solar Panel Modeling Project challenged 10th-grade chemistry students to apply knowledge of Atomic Models to explain electricity generation in a s...
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Engaging Students in Waste-to-Energy Research Using Model Biodigesters
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a natural process whereby microorganisms break down organic material in the absence of oxygen. Biodigesters (sealed tanks ...
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Rules of Teaching That I learned in My Student Years
As teachers we commonly learn our subject matter in high school and college. We acquire more knowledge in graduate school and in life experiences. At ...
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Does Drinking Milk Cause Strong Bones?
In 1935, individuals living in the United States began to encounter eye-catching posters communicating a variety of public program messages from the W...
By Jacqueline Katz
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Career of the Month: Acoustician
Acoustics involves all aspects of sound, noise, vibration, and perception. It’s a large field that encompasses specialties such as architecture, und...
By Luba Vangelova
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Science Journaling with Technology
Students in today’s classrooms spend a lot of time using technology by listening to music, texting, watching videos, and using social media applicat...
By Brigitte Whaley and Ashley Campbell
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Making Sense of the Deepwater Oil Spill Disaster
Authenticity in learning is becoming increasingly important as today’s students are not “buying into” school just because it’s there! Today’...
By Joy Barnes-Johnson and Mridula Bajaj
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As long as there have been roofs overhead, there have been gardens above them. Since the Ziggurats and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, man has cultiva...
By Andrew Jones, Joel Hockin,and Max Longhurst
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For as long as people have had stories to tell, folklore and tall tales have been a part of social gatherings. Storytelling helps us convey our histor...
By Kimberly Ideus and Miles Engell
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Classroom communities are more than just teachers and students. Administrators, other teachers and students, teacher aides, all school staff, families...
By Jonathan McCausland and Kathryn M. Bateman
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Performance Assessment as Part of Efficient, Effective, and Equitable Instructional Practice
Since the release of the NGSS, science classrooms across the United States have shifted science learning away from a focus on decontextualized facts a...
By Lauren Stoll and Jill Wertheim