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Wilson, Courtney R.; Trautmann, Nancy M.; MaKinster, James G.; Barker, Barbara J. – Science Teacher, 2010
A new online tool called "Science Pipes" allows students to conduct biodiversity investigations. With this free tool, students create and run analyses that would otherwise require access to unwieldy data sets and the ability to write computer code. Using these data, students can conduct guided inquiries or hypothesis-driven research to…
Descriptors: Investigations, Ecology, Biodiversity, Animals
Rule, Audrey C.; Meyer, Mary Ann – Science Teacher, 2007
This article presents an engaging activity in which high school students use a dichotomous key to guide the creation and classification of model insects from recycled plastic lids and containers. Besides teaching the use of a dichotomous key and the effect of evolutionary descent upon groupings of organisms, this activity focuses on an…
Descriptors: Entomology, High School Students, Biology, Secondary School Science

Summerlin, Lee; Borgford, Christie – Science Teacher, 1989
Described is an activity which uses a 96-well reaction plate and soda straws to construct a model of the periodic table of the elements. The model illustrates the ionization energies of the various elements. Construction of the model and related concepts are discussed. (CW)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Classification, Laboratory Procedures