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Kim, Heung-Tae; Kim, Jae Geun – Science Education International, 2013
Although bioaccumulation-related concepts are important scientific knowledge, a study on whether high school textbooks include appropriate explanations has not been conducted. The present study investigated science and biology textbooks from Korea, Japan, and the U.S., focusing on how bioaccumulation-related concepts were defined, what types of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, High Schools, Textbooks
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Farmer, Steven C. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2011
The use of in-class stories is an excellent way to keep a class interested in subject matter. Many organic chemistry classes are populated by nonchemistry majors, such as pre-med, pre-pharm, and biology students. Trivia questions are presented that are designed to show how organic chemistry is an important subject to students regardless of their…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Organic Chemistry, Biology, Student Interests
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Farenga, Stephen J.; Ness, Daniel; Hutchinson, Michael – Science Scope, 2008
Given the commonness of pets in communities throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia, among other countries, pet stewardship should be a natural topic of study for the integration of science, mathematics, and technology. Therefore, the term "stewardship" will be examined by applying observation and research to shape our…
Descriptors: Toxicology, Learning Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Foreign Countries