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dela Cruz, Thomas Edison E.; Olayta, Carlo Oliver M. – American Biology Teacher, 2022
Citizen science is a research collaboration between scientists and volunteers who provide data for education, conservation, and environmental protection. Volunteers, often the locals in the area, provide data on species occurrence while researchers perform distribution mapping or other data analysis. Social networking sites including Facebook,…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Scientific Research, Science Projects, Taxonomy
Meyerhöffer, Nina; Dreesmann, Daniel C. – American Biology Teacher, 2021
This article presents the development and testing of a content-based video exchange model as a motivating means to introduce lower secondary English learners to English as the language of science. The central goal was that students reach the required curricular content knowledge despite learning some of the content in a foreign language. The model…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Science Education, Peer Teaching
Hermann, Ronald S.; Shane, Joseph W.; Meadows, Lee; Binns, Ian C. – American Biology Teacher, 2020
Despite frequent litigious interactions between science and religion, when it comes to the teaching of evolution, relatively little is known about public school teachers' understanding of the associated legal issues. The present study expands on Moore's (2004) survey by obtaining more information about respondents, surveying teachers from multiple…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Public School Teachers, Public Schools, Religion
Lee, David S. – American Biology Teacher, 2012
Our nation's first school of forestry operated in the early 1900s, when states were still being admitted to the union, and the motor car and typewriter had just been introduced to the American public. In the previous century, timber operations had slashed their way through forests with the simple policy of "cut and get out." To farmers,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Forestry, Educational History, Conservation (Environment)
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Woodward, Val – American Biology Teacher, 1974
The second part of a two-part article contains an attempt to synthesize the viewpoints of United States science as seen (1) from Indochina (2) by American scientists and (3) from the vantage point of history. (JR)
Descriptors: History, Instruction, Opinions, Science Education
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Woodward, Val – American Biology Teacher, 1974
The first part of a two-part article deals with U.S. science as viewed from Indochina in contrast to the nature of science as seen by American scientists. (JR)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Opinions, Science Education, Science History
Maehr, David S.; Widen, Per – American Biology Teacher, 2004
The significance of improving conservation education in the classroom with international guest lectures is presented and a survey on 14 Swedish students and 23 American students is conducted. Such survey evaluates teaching skills and activities like lab exercises, field trips, and promoting personal experiences incorporated therein.
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education