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- 1From:Science ScopePeer-ReviewedByline: Terry Carroll, Erin Martin, and Jon Carroll When describing the amount of moisture present in the air, the term relative humidity is frequently not understood. The general term humidity is defined as "a...
- 2From:Science (Vol. 287, Issue 5454) Peer-ReviewedShoot for the Stars Canadian astronomers will unveil an ambitious plan later this month for keeping their country at the forefront of exploration. But observers predict they face an uphill battle convincing politicians...
- 3From:Science (Vol. 244, Issue 4902) Peer-ReviewedGramm-Rudman Avoided, for Now The budget agreement reached last week between the White House and the congressional leadership may be good news for researchers who rely on the federal government for funds. If it sticks,...
- 4From:Science Scope (Vol. 37, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedPeople have been twisting plant fibers together to make cords and ropes since prehistoric times. Over time, the technology has exploded, giving us literally hundreds of types of threads, strings, yarns, ropes, and...
- 5From:The American Biology Teacher (Vol. 71, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedChromosomal aneuploidy, a deviation from an exact multiple of an organism's haploid chromosome number, is a difficult concept for students to master. Aneuploidy arising from chromosomal non-disjunction (NDJ) is...
- 6From:The American Biology Teacher (Vol. 73, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT Engaging students in ethnobotanical concepts can be a challenge if you present the topic as a straight lecture. I used the art of brewing tea, accompanied by numerous herbals (books), to impress upon my...
- 7From:Science ScopePeer-ReviewedByline: Bob Riddle In the typical Moon phase lesson, students learn that the rotation period for the Moon is approximately the same as its revolution period around the Earth. This is a situation known as synchronous...
- 8From:Science and ChildrenPeer-ReviewedByline: Chris Ohana I recently dug out my ancient records of my days as a laboratory researcher studying synovial fluid (the fluid inside our joints). My records weren't pretty. My high school chemistry teacher would...
- 9From:The Science Teacher (Vol. 72, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedOften science teachers perform demonstrations only to discover that students have already seen the experiment in a previous course. Teachers should take advantage of these opportunities to showcase the...
- 10From:Science ScopePeer-ReviewedIn this activity, Namib and Antarctic arthropods are used to illustrate several important biological principles. Among these are the key ideas that form follows function and that the environment drives evolution. In...
- 11From:Journal of College Science Teaching (Vol. 36, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Timothy Moran and Stephen J. Van Hook A class centered on student design of experiments and peer review of the resulting reports is described. Thirteen students in an honors seminar section of an introductory...
- 12From:Science Scope (Vol. 39, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThis month's Toolkit column is the second of two articles highlighting sensible, student-friendly strategies toward using scientific argumentation and developing science-reasoning skills as specified in the new national...
- 13From:Science Scope (Vol. 38, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedIn the experiment described in this article, students gain an awareness of the environmental problems caused by invasive species. Students simulate invasive plant-litter depths, using pots containing germinating native...
- 14From:Instructor (1990) (Vol. 124, Issue 2)Float Your Boat Standards Met: Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) PS2.A: Force and Motion; ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution WHAT YOU NEED: Toy Boat, by Randall de Seve; for each small group, heavy-duty...
- 15From:The American Biology Teacher (Vol. 69, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedBiological evolution is one of the over-arching concepts recommended for student learning by the National Science Education Standards (NRC, 1996). As with all such complex concepts, student understanding of evolution is...
- 16From:The Science Teacher (Vol. 74, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedAlthough the cell membrane is a complex structure, its basic form, and the self-organizing behavior of the molecules that produce it, can be easily simulated in a high school science classroom. One such simulation,...
- 17From:The Technology Teacher (Vol. 67, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedPrinceton High School is a relatively large, urban, four-year comprehensive high school that serves approximately 2,000 students in Cincinnati, Ohio. Academic offerings include, among others, the International...
- 18From:Science Scope (Vol. 32, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis paper airplane lesson has been used with sixth-grade students to introduce scientific terms and concepts that students need to know before they design and conduct their own inquiry experiments. Terms such as...
- 19From:Instructor (1990) (Vol. 119, Issue 5)Perhaps you don't have enough class periods to do every science experiment you wish you could, or maybe your budget for beakers and baking soda is all tapped out. Maybe you just want to watch and see how it's done...
- 20From:Science Scope (Vol. 42, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedSquirrel Mapper is presented by the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and is supported by the National Science Foundation. The goal of Squirrel Mapper is to engage students in...