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Archive: Science Update: COVID-19: What We Know, Where We Are Going: A Look at What the Current Research Tells Us About the Pandemic, June 10, 2020

As new information comes out from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and researchers, educators, and parents are left with questions about the progression of the COVID-19, possible treatments and vaccines, and what the models tell us of what we can...

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How Can Vaccinating One Population Affect Another?

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How Do Shrimp Live in a Closed System?

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Environmental Health Literacy

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn

Early Childhood Elementary Environmental Science Literacy

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Course-Based Research in the First Semester of College

Undergraduate students are increasingly aware of complex global challenges and have a strong desire to take action and create change. Course-based undergraduate research experiences can offer a wide range of students the opportunity to gain skills ...

By Christina Cianfrani and Sarah Hews

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Teaching the Science of Honeybees

By Debra Shapiro

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Visualizing the Environmental Effects of Electronics

By Elizabeth Schibuk

Middle School Environmental Science Teaching Strategies

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Using Models to Teach Science

By Byung-Yeol Park, Laura Rodriguez, and Todd Campbell

High School Environmental Science NGSS Teaching Strategies

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Investigating Urban Trees

By JAMES CARRIGAN, ALEC BODZIN, THOMAS HAMMOND, SCOTT RUTZMOSER, KATE POPEJOY, AND WILLIAM FARINA

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Ecologist Todd Elliott

Ecologists are biologists who study entire ecosystems and the interactions among their living and non-living components. Ecology can be applied in areas such as conservation biology, natural resource management, and even economics. Todd Elliott, who ...

By Luba Vangelova

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Creating Engineering Design Challenges: Success Stories From Teachers

If you’ve ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engineering Design Challenges is the book for you. At its core are 13 units grounded in challenge-based le...

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