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Teacher to Teacher: Predicting, Explaining, and Observing Thermal Energy Transfer
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This column provides practical advice from your peers. This month's columnn discusses using the Mixing Water formative assessment probe from Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Vol. 2 to determine student thinking…
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Tried and True: Using Observations of Fossils to Reconstruct Ancient Environments
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This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. In this month’s issue the authors describe how to foster students' understanding of observation-based data by sharing a 5E learning-cycle…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Patterns Are Observable, Predictable, and Explainable
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. The activities developed for this month’s issue use everyday phenomena to help students understand what a pattern is and how it connects to…
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The Sky’s the Limit: Parents and first-grade students observe the sky
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In this study of the sky and moon, students went outside after school each day to observe the sky and record their observations in their moon journals. The unexpected surprise was the involvement and reactions of…
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Drawing Students Out: Using sketching exercises to hone observation skills
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Integrating art into science can help students hone their observation skills. In this introductory biology course, the teacher requires students to sketch everything from prepared slides of mitosis and plant anatomy to…
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Predict, Observe, Explain: Activities Enhancing Scientific Understanding (e-book)
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John Haysom and Michael Bowen provide middle and high school science teachers with more than 100 student activities to help the students develop their understanding of scientific concepts. The powerful Predict, Observe…
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Observational Journals: An Aid to Sky Watching: A Stellar Exercise—Predicting Events in the Sky
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The endless procession of the Sun, Moon, and stars allows science students to fashion predictive models by keeping their own observational journals. Through careful recordkeeping, classroom discussion, and reflective…
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Archive: Science Update: Observing Hurricanes with Ocean Drones, June 8, 2023
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Advancing our understanding of hurricanes and improving forecasts require measurements from the most violent parts of the storms, where ships and aircraft cannot safely travel. The ocean-atmosphere interface within a…
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This article describes a twist on the basic “Science 101” investigation of having students observe a birthday candle before, during, and after burning. It engages students in exploring the attributes of a candle,…
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