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Neuroscience for Kids

The entry point to an extensive site concerning the nervous system and neuroscience. The site includes descriptive... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: Eric Chudler
Date Created:: November 30, 2000
Date Modified:: April 27, 2023
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.4383564 stars

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The Paper Project

This module was selected as the 2005 Classics Award Winner by the MERLOT Teacher Education Editorial Board for its... see more

Material Type:: Tutorial
Author:: Charles Kazilek
Date Created:: June 14, 2005
Date Modified:: August 19, 2022
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.375 stars

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Understanding Evolution

People have misconceptions about evolution. Some are simple misunderstandings; ideas that develop in the course of... see more

Material Type:: Tutorial
Author:: Roy Caldwell
Date Created:: May 29, 2004
Date Modified:: August 5, 2021
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.0 stars

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Literacy Candidates’ Perception of Competence in an Online Master of Science in Literacy Program

This article describes how college instructors in a graduate literacy degree program surveyed candidates to determine... see more

Material Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article
Author:: Mary Shea; Rosemary Murray
Date Created:: August 3, 2015
Date Modified:: June 15, 2022
Editor Review:: 4.0 stars
User Rating:: 1.0 stars

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Predicting Undergraduate Students’ Acceptance of Second Life for Teaching Chemistry

This study used the technology acceptance model to explore undergraduate students’ perceptions of the virtual world of... see more

Material Type:: Open (Access) Journal-Article
Author:: Zahira Merchant Zahira Merchant; Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt; Ernest Goetz
Date Created:: August 3, 2015
Date Modified:: March 31, 2016
Editor Review:: 4.0 stars

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BrainPOP Science: How the World Works

BrainPOP is an interactive website that features 54 science content topics and features animated movies, comic strips,... see more

Material Type:: Animation
Author:: BrainPOP
Date Created:: February 18, 2001
Date Modified:: February 13, 2023
Peer Review:: 4.3333335 stars
User Rating:: 4.625 stars

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Teaching Evolution: Online Course for Teachers

This is a great site where users will examine major evolutionary concepts, explore teaching methodologies, and address... see more

Material Type:: Case Study
Author:: WGBH Educational Programming
Date Created:: January 15, 2003
Date Modified:: April 14, 2020
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.5 stars

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Cell-ebration

This site has been created to show students how cells work. It reviews the functions of the cell organelles. This web... see more

Material Type:: Tutorial
Author:: Dr. Barbara E. Goodman
Date Created:: June 17, 2001
Date Modified:: August 5, 2021
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.4 stars

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Microbiology Education Resources

A collection of visual and curriculum resources that are submitted by professors/scientists from around the world.

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: American Society for Microbiology
Date Created:: August 8, 2000
Date Modified:: January 22, 2021
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 3.7142856 stars

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Pedagogy in Practice: Video Case Studies of Teaching Science; Pedagogy in Practice: Video Case Studies of Teaching Math; Strategies in Practice Resource Guide

To address the critical teacher shortage in math and science, the Teaching and Learning Interchange grant produced three... see more

Material Type:: Case Study
Author:: Pamela Redmond
Date Created:: March 17, 2004
Date Modified:: February 11, 2023
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.08 stars

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Teaching about Evolution & the Nature of Science

This is the complete text of a book, for teachers, published by the National Academy of Sciences. The book addresses the... see more

Material Type:: Reference Material
Author:: Working Group on Teaching Evolution, National Academy of Sciences
Date Created:: November 16, 2000
Date Modified:: August 5, 2021
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 5.0 stars

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Labwrite: Improving lab reports

LabWrite guides students through the entire lab experience. The resources are divided into four parts that are structured... see more

Material Type:: Tutorial
Author:: Dr. Michael Carter
Date Created:: June 11, 2004
Date Modified:: August 19, 2022
Peer Review:: 4.85 stars
User Rating:: 5.0 stars

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Interactive Simulations for General Chemistry

The collection of interactive simulations covers a wide range of general chemistry topics, with each simulation... see more

Material Type:: Simulation
Author:: William Vining
Date Created:: July 5, 2009
Date Modified:: May 24, 2023
Peer Review:: 4.25 stars
User Rating:: 4.2131147 stars

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Cell division and cancer

This interactive learning resource provides an overview of cell, cell division, mitosis, meiosis, chromosomes and cancer... see more

Material Type:: Tutorial
Author:: The Association for Science Education
Date Created:: April 4, 2006
Date Modified:: March 7, 2023
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.0 stars

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Learning Science Through Inquiry

The Annenberg/CPB Channel provides quicktime videos, transcripts, handouts, and readings for an eight-part professional... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Annenberg/CPB with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Date Created:: February 10, 2001
Date Modified:: December 31, 2020
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.5 stars

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How People Learn, a National Academy Press book

This book presents a contemporary account of the principles of learning. It provides an authoritative and comprehensive... see more

Material Type:: Reference Material
Author:: Al Brown; RR Cocking; JD Bransford
Date Created:: April 30, 2000
Date Modified:: March 2, 2021
Peer Review:: 4.8333335 stars
User Rating:: 3.0 stars

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Becoming whales - A lesson on whale evolution

A lesson on whale evolution based on DNA, geological, paleontological, physiological and morphological evidence. Students... see more

Material Type:: Case Study
Author:: Larry Flammer
Date Created:: August 24, 2003
Date Modified:: January 14, 2023
Peer Review:: 4.25 stars
User Rating:: 4.5333333 stars

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The Brain & the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates, and Marijuana

This teaching packet consists of a narrative script used to accompany a slide set. Instructions for creating the slides... see more

Material Type:: Simulation
Author:: National Institutes of Health
Date Created:: July 9, 2000
Date Modified:: January 26, 2023
Peer Review:: 4.6666665 stars

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Essential Science for Teachers: Life Science

Essential Science for Teachers courses are designed to help elementary school teachers gain an understanding of some of... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Kimberly Minton
Date Created:: September 29, 2004
Date Modified:: December 31, 2020
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 3.8 stars

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Explore Examples of Teaching with Games

list of games and other innovative teaching ideas for use in different subject matters within the area of science (you... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: Cathryn Manduca
Date Created:: July 27, 2008
Date Modified:: December 20, 2022
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.75 stars

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Journey North Menu of Inquiry Strategies

In an inquiry-oriented classroom, the teacher is a co-explorer and guide who cultivates curiosity and challenges students... see more

Material Type:: Case Study
Author:: Elizabeth Howard; Journey North
Date Created:: January 11, 2004
Date Modified:: August 28, 2020
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.571429 stars

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Performance Assessment Links in Science

PALS is an on-line, standards-based, continually updated resource bank of science performance assessment tasks indexed... see more

Material Type:: Quiz/Test
Author:: SRI International
Date Created:: July 9, 2000
Date Modified:: June 18, 2020
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 3.3333333 stars

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Physical Science - Essential Science for Teachers

Essential Science for Teachers: Physical Science is one in a series of three video-, print-, and Web-based science... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Tina Grotzer
Date Created:: July 24, 2005
Date Modified:: June 6, 2021
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 3.0 stars

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Timeline of Evolutionary Thought

A timeline from 1700 to 2000 showing the life and work of notable people who have contributed to evolutionary thought.... see more

Material Type:: Reference Material
Author:: W. Brian Simison
Date Created:: June 27, 2004
Date Modified:: February 6, 2019
Editor Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 1.0 stars

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