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Direct linkClary, Renee; Wandersee, James – Science Teacher, 2011
Earthquakes "have" been in the news of late--from the disastrous 2010 Haitian temblor that killed more than 300,000 people to the March 2011 earthquake and devastating tsunami in Honshu, Japan, to the unexpected August 2011 earthquake in Mineral, Virginia, felt from Alabama to Maine and as far west as Illinois. As expected, these events…
Descriptors: Plate Tectonics, Geology, Foreign Countries, Earth Science
Download full textWesterlund, Julie F.; Radcliffe, Rich A.; Smith, Daniel A.; Lemke, Maureen R.; West, Sandra S. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2011
The shortage of science teachers in the United States and throughout the world indicates a collective need to recruit more students into the science teaching field and to retain current science teachers. This study explores the profiles of U.S. science teacher candidates and investigates what attracts and discourages these pre-service teachers…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Market, Interviews, Profiles
Kyle, William C. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2006
When the United Nations General Assembly authorized holding the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, it was hardly a secret--or even a point in dispute--that progress in implementing sustainable development had been disappointing since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. With poverty deepening and environmental…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Democracy, Position Papers, Sustainable Development
Balter, Nancy; Martinez, Arturo – Science Scope, 2003
In teaching middle school students about diseases and microbes, it is surprising to discover how little they know about transmission. Misconceptions range from the idea that "giving a disease to someone" actually means "giving it away so you didn't have it anymore yourself" to a lack of understanding that tiny living things,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Epidemiology, Misconceptions, Science Activities
