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Marcum-Dietrich, Nanette; Kerlin, Steve; Staudt, Carolyn; Daniels, Melinda – Science Teacher, 2018
Science becomes engaging when students know that what they learn in the classroom relates to their own lives and communities. This article describes a project in which students use field exploration and online software to design virtual solutions to improve the hydrology of their school yard. The project is called Teaching Environmental…
Descriptors: Water, Environmental Education, Environmental Research, Sustainable Development
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Staehling, Erica – Science Teacher, 2015
This article describes a lesson on the greenhouse effect in which students explore blackbody radiation and Wien's law. The lesson, which has been tested in a variety of high school physics classrooms, uses probeware and online simulations and combines two well-established instructional strategies: the 5E Learning Cycle (Bybee et al. 2006) and the…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Climate, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles
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Fazio, Russ P.; Keranen, Kathryn – Science Teacher, 1995
Describes how students in a geoscience course are introduced to geographic information systems (GIS), a computer-assisted system for the acquisition, storage, analysis, and display of geographic data, through a practical experience involving collecting data and inputting it into a GIS program called IDRISI. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cartography, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Data Collection