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Undergraduate institutions serve as stepping stones to a student’s career. Teaching and learning in the science classrooms requires quality and integrated teaching-research learning experiences that prepare students to…
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Shifting to an Inquiry-Based Experience
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The authors provide a prescriptive, step-by-step method to convert a cookbook lab into an inquiry-based science experience.
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Learning From Failed Experiments
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The messy aspects of doing science
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Science Sampler: The experiment event
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The annual Experiment Event is the culminating activity of an extensive study of questioning, problem solving, and the inquiry process. Easily addressing national and state standards for science inquiry, the Experiment…
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Becoming Science "Experi-mentors"
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This article outlines how professional development experiences can best be structured to support teachers' science learning, leading to quality science instruction and learning for students. This discussion highlights…
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The Prepared Practitioner: What Is an Experiment?
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When asked what scientists do, people generally respond with “experiments.” We often base critical decisions, such as those related to our personal health, on the results of scientists’ experiments. But what really is…
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Ring the Bell: An Asynchronous Learning Experience
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Use household materials to engineer your own Rube Goldberg device that links a series of physical actions to ring a bell.
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Science as a Moving Experience for All Learners
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Students with disabilities (SWDs), students at risk, and even honors students can have a hard time relating to traditional science instruction and often disengage. However, research has shown that when science teachers…