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A rocky revolution: Can virtual 3D models transform the teaching of geology?

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A rocky revolution: Can virtual 3D models transform the teaching of geology? Published: Fieldwork has long been a mainstay of geology education, but it is not everyone’s cup of tea. Not all geology trips are this challenging. TALK LIKE A GEOLOGIST. Contour — a line on a map joining points of equal elevation. not in a classroom).

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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If the teacher wants to use games to learn history, Minecraft won’t throw students into a fully fleshed simulation of the American Revolution. The real reason we read is to learn, experience new adventures, find out what’s over the next horizon. This might include geology, geography, chemistry, or another topic.

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Ward’s Science–So Many STEM Resources

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Even after 144 years, Ward’s Science continues to be a leading provider of a full range of science products, kits, and resources for AP Science, Biology, Chemistry, Digital Science, Earth Science, Physics, and more for elementary-age students through High School (and beyond)–including Makerspace environments.

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Winds of change: using dust in Antarctic ice to understand past climates

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ICE CORE – a long cylinder of ice, extracted from ice sheets or glaciers, which helps scientists learn about past climatic and environmental conditions. By studying past changes using natural archives like ice cores, scientists like myself can learn what causes the Earth’s winds to shift. FROM DUST TO DUST.

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From field to lab: the changing nature of archaeology

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“We bring together students from backgrounds in history, anthropology, archaeology, chemistry and museum studies to work collaboratively on the project,” he says. DR LIZA GIJANTO Associate Professor of Anthropology St. LARSEN Professor of Chemistry St. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Analytical Chemistry. DR RANDOLPH K.

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How do bacteria help and harm crops?

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This is why, at Louisiana State University in the US, Professor Jong Hyun Ham is studying the impacts of bacteria on rice and soybean. Over 50% of the world’s population depends on rice as a staple food,” says Professor Jong Hyun Ham, a plant pathologist at Louisiana State University. “It

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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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Published: At Furman University in the US, Dr Ben Haywood and Professor Julia Parrish from the University of Washington are studying how citizen science programmes impact the relationships participants have with the places and ecology they study which might, in turn, increase scientific literacy. Why is citizen science important?