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Snow Globe Science: Students learn solution chemistry through an open-ended lab investigation
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Allowing students to experiment to make a product such as a snow globe encourages the development of problem-solving skills, and students learn the concepts behind solution chemistry by determining the best combination…
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In this study, the author examined how attendance in the lab is associated with students’ lab grades and overall course grades in an introductory biology course. Results from this study indicate that academic motivation…
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Allergic reactions to latex are becoming increasingly common. The reactions occur within a few minutes to an hour of exposure and usually disappear within 24 hours. In this article, a student informed the teacher that…
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In this article, an extended lab activity from a common cookbook approach is modified to determine the percent mass of water in copper (II) sulfate pentahydrate crystals. This modified approach significantly enhances…
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Archive: FA22: Are Your Lab SOPs in Place for a Safer School Year? October 3, 2022
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As the 2022-2023 school year starts, it’s time to re-establish our STEM spaces (for the purposes of this web seminar, STEM spaces include a science lab, technology, and engineering lab [i.e., construction lab],…
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Are you a K-12 teacher who works near a Shell asset? Join us on Wednesday, December 4, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm ET to learn how you could win a science classroom makeover. The Shell Science Lab Regional…
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The authors describe four instructional modules with the goals of increasing student confidence, appreciation, and performance in both experimental design and data analysis.
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Web Seminar |
This interactive web seminar session will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing elementary level safer science/STEM laboratory activities with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance…
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Archive: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-service Secondary Science/STEM Teachers, October 4, 2021
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This interactive web seminar session will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing safer secondary level science/STEM laboratory activities with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance Advisor…
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Archive: Science Update: NASA STEAM Innovation Lab-Explore, Create, Share!, August 27, 2020
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This web seminar will highlight educational technology-based activities from NASA’s STEM Innovation Lab; a think tank and makerspace with an emphasis on earth and space science content applications. Ideas generated…
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Scope on Safety: A Science Lab by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet—But Would It Be as Safe?
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This column focuses on safety information for your classroom. In this month’s column the author discusses the definition of laboratory.
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Argument-Driven Inquiry in Earth and Space Science: Lab Investigations for Grades 6–10 (e-book)
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If you’re looking for labs that cover Earth and space science, appeal to middle and high school students, and use Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI), your search is over. Argument-Driven Inquiry in Earth and Space Science…