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Pleasants, Jacob – Science Teacher, 2017
Helping students understand the Nature of Science (NOS) is a long-standing goal of science education. One method is to provide students examples of science history in the form of short stories. This article modifies that approach, using historical case studies to address both the history of science and the history of technology, as well as the…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Literary Genres, Science History, Teaching Methods
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Viana, Hélio Elael Bonini; Porto, Paulo Alves – Journal of Chemical Education, 2013
This paper presents a history of chemistry case study focusing on selected aspects of the work of American engineer Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889-1944): the development of tetraethyl lead as an antiknock gasoline additive and of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as fluids for refrigeration devices. One general aim of this case study is to display the complex…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Case Studies, Mechanics (Process), Science Teachers
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de Berg, Kevin C. – Science & Education, 2010
The discovery of the electron in 1897 deeply impacted the nature of chemistry in the twentieth century. A revolution in the theoretical structure of chemistry as well as in the instrumental tools used in chemical analysis occurred as a result of this discovery. The impact of this revolution on tin oxide chemistry over approximately a 100 year…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science History, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles
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Goetzeler, Herbert – Physics Teacher, 1994
Presents a biography on the German scientist Werner von Siemens and his scientific and technological achievements. (MVL)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Physics, Science Education, Science History
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Jones, Robert L.; Zucker, Arthur – Science Teacher, 2000
Questions introductory courses' ability to truly teach students about science. Explains teaching difficulties caused by students' approach to science. Aims to convince science teachers to use case studies which help students evaluate arguments critically. First published in 1986. (YDS)
Descriptors: Acid Rain, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Learning Experience
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Astore, William J. – Science and Education, 2003
Identifies enhancing the judgments of cadets through education at a military institution like the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) as a crucial pedagogical issue facing instructors of History of Science and Technology (HST). Discusses the experience of helping cadets to meet such challenges in learning HST in the context of professional…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Higher Education, Military Schools, Science History
Whittemore, O. J. – Engineering Education, 1981
Describes how to use patents as teaching tools in engineering courses. These documents can illustrate a field's historical and technological development as well as its current frontiers. (WB)
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Higher Education, Inventions, Patents
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Hanna, Nydia R. – Science Teacher, 1998
Describes ways in which newspaper articles can serve science teachers as a springboard for discussion, creativity, prediction, and understanding in science classrooms. Articles can be used to study historical scientific discoveries, design lesson plans, and boost scientific literacy. (PVD)
Descriptors: Current Events, Interdisciplinary Approach, Newspapers, Relevance (Education)
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Kauffman, George B. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1985
Examines scientific discoveries which underlie the atomic bomb and its technological development in the United States during World War II. Changing views, super-weapon development, early American efforts, production/dropping the bombs, and the Oppenheimer case are considered. (DH)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Physics
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Galili, Igal; Hazan, Amnon – Science and Education, 2001
Describes an experimental course in optics for 10th grade high school students. The course incorporates those historical ideas, views, and conceptions that constituted the early understanding of light and vision. Presents a part of the course which assesses its impact on students' views about science and some related technological and cultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Grade 10, Higher Education, Light
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Kauffman, George B. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1985
Part I (SE 537 587) briefly reviewed the scientific discoveries underlying the atomic bomb and its technological development. This part examines the implications of these events for science education. Areas considered include the nuclear arms race, nuclear winter, the Strategic Defense Initiative, and others. (DH)
Descriptors: College Science, Disarmament, Higher Education, Nuclear Energy
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Stock, John T. – School Science Review, 1999
Describes the history and uses of the coulometer, a device for measuring quantities of electricity. (Contains 27 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Electricity, Higher Education, Laboratory Equipment, Measurement Equipment
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Jones, Robert L.; Zucker, Arthur – Science Teacher, 1986
Proposes that science curriculum include the history of science and case studies of science-technology-society issues. Recommends approaches that highlight the role of the imagination and the impact of value judgments. Also advocates examination of issues which focus on the strengths and limitations of the processes of science and technology. (ML)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education
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Dalton, Edward A. – Science Scope, 1997
Discusses the work and inventions of Thomas Edison and their use in making teachers and students aware of the importance of electrotechnology in their lives and in their futures. Enables students to learn about science, experimentation, research, the process of invention, and the thrill of discovery. Describes educational resources available from…
Descriptors: Discovery Processes, Electricity, Government School Relationship, Intermediate Grades
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Journal of Chemical Education, 1983
Defines "real world" examples providing rationale for incorporating them into chemistry teaching. Topic areas of papers include: chemistry in a watershed, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), consumer chemistry, culinary chemistry, using real world examples in a laboratory program, projects relating real world chemistry to high school…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Chemistry, College Science, High Schools
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