Discusses the biology of magnetobacteria and describes how they can be used in an empirical test of natural selection that takes three to four weeks. Contains 11 references. (WRM)

Presents an activity in which students observe gelatin samples treated with substances that may or may not have an enzymatic effect on the protein on the gelatin. (WRM)

Describes an activity that explores the relationship between the impulse and the distance traveled by a projectile. (WRM)

Presents the goals, philosophy, and methods of the SPLASH (Student-Parent Laboratories Achieving Science at Home) program. Describes an at-home, parental-involvement activity called Moon Watch in which students and their parents observe how the phases of the moon and the moon's position in the sky change over a two-week period. (WRM)

Describes the Mars Millennium Project that challenges elementary and secondary school students across the nation to design communities on Mars. Lists the sponsoring organizations, explains how to participate in the project, and suggests appropriate books and Web sites. (LRW)

Claims that effective education brings the real world in face-to-face contact with students, enabling them to explore and examine ideas to reach new understanding based in actual reality. (Author/CCM)

Describes how teachers can support the learning of the most able elementary students in science in normal classroom situations. (Author)

Discusses some of the problems less-able children have with science and how provision for them might be improved. (Author)

Using questioning strategies to involve students in actually doing and analyzing experimental design can offer useful insights to instructors and students alike. Describes an interactive exploration of Alka Seltzer. (CCM)

Introduces an elective science course on one of the silent invaders across the nation--noxious weeds. Targets public education as the main goal of the project. (YDS)

Explains the terms resonance and amplitude, the relationship between them, and the effects of resonance in our daily lives. Introduces pendulum activities that explain how resonance works. (YDS)

Describes a hands-on lesson for teaching high school students the concept of the rock cycle using sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. Students use a rock cycle diagram to identify pairs of rocks. From the rock cycle, students explain on paper how their first rock became the second rock and vice versa. (PVD)

Presents a science activity in which students create a skeleton by using their knowledge of skeletal and muscular systems. (YDS)

Presents two projects in which students investigate (1) what things affect how far someone can throw a tennis ball?, and (2) is your mobile phone frying your brain? (YDS)

Uses student-taught review sessions to reinforce basic concepts and to practice giving an oral presentation to an attentive audience. Indicates that the program was successful in helping students develop oral presentation skills while they were experiencing peer teaching. (ASK)