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How teachers cultivate young scientists

By Erin Wayman / October 4, 2012

Martin Shapiro, an instructor at the 2012 SSP Fellows Institute,
demonstrates the “electric pickle” experiment, a fun way to introduce students to research. Credit: SSP

SSP Fellows share tips on how to introduce research into the classroom

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Cool Jobs: Wild science

By Sharon Oosthoek / August 16, 2012

Arctic researcher Kathy Young (rear) walks back to her remote research cabin on Canada’s Bathurst Island with her student Valen Steer. Credit: Tarmo Remmel

Collecting data can be dangerous for scientists who work in the field

Posted in Science Education, STEM Careers | Tagged Arctic, atrazine, Bathurst Island, cool jobs, feature, field research, fieldwork, frog, fungus-farming ants, hippo, hydrology, Inuit, Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo, Kathy Young, permafrost, polar bear, topstories, Tyrone Hayes, wetlands

Extra! Extra! Read all about science

By Andrew Bridges / July 25, 2012

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Teachers and experts share their secrets on using the news to enrich science class

Posted in Science Education, Teaching Science | Tagged bedbugs, Bill Klemm, Bloomfield Middle School, Brendan Casey, Brittany Franckowiak, Catherine White, Duke University, East High School, Ellen Wolfinger, Esther Innis, feature, gross out, hurricanes, jigsaw teaching technique, Joan MacQueen Middle School, Loyola University Maryland, middle school, On the Origin of Species, Robert Simmons, science curriculum, Sharon Reuter, Stephen Nowicki, Takoma Park Middle School, Texas A&M University, topstories, Washington Middle School, Wilde Lake High School

Problems with ‘the scientific method’

By Jennifer Cutraro / July 5, 2012

Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Bill Hrybyk

Scientists rarely follow one straightforward path to understanding the natural world

Posted in Science Education, Teaching Science | Tagged Bill Wallace, Carmen Andrews, Deborah Smith, experimental design, feature, Gary Garber, How Science Works, hypothesis, Lollie Garay, Science process, scientific method, Susan Singer

Broadcom MASTERS overview video

By Patrick Thornton / March 5, 2012

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Broadcom MASTERS is the nation’s premier science, technology, engineering and math competition for 6th, 7th and 8th graders.

Posted in Science Education

SSP Fellow Valdine McLean

By Caitlin Jennings / November 3, 2011

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Science teacher and SSP Fellow Valdine McLean helps both students and farmers with a new nonprofit

Posted in Science Education

Science fairs: Teaching students to think like scientists

By Amanda Leigh Mascarelli / October 5, 2011

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Broadcom MASTERS competition encourages science as interactive, live process, not just memorization

Posted in Science Education | Tagged getinvolved

Teaching Math, teaching anxiety

By Stephen Ornes / February 10, 2010

Teaching Math, teaching anxiety. Credit Shutterstock

Teachers’ math worries could affect students’ performance

Posted in Brain & Behavior, Mathematics, Science Education, Teaching Science | Tagged feature