This project incorporates technology and a historical emphasis on science drawn from ancient civilizations to promote a greater understanding of conceptual science. In the Apps for Ancient Civilizations project, students investigate an ancient culture to discover how people might have used science and math smartphone apps to make their lives easier.
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This activity uses the creative natures of visual art and music to enhance students' potential for creativity while increasing their understanding of the science associated with force and motion. Students design, test, and redesign an sailboat vehicle; collect data; make interpretations; and defend their design.
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Integrating the worlds of art and science can be a perfect tool for engaging students in science. One way to make this connection is to explore the life and work of great nature artists of the past and present.
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The authors developed a smART—science meets art—concept and created a summer camp for seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade students that combines art and science to teach about topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics. They also describe how teachers can set up their own smART camps.
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Augmenting science with the arts is a natural combination when one considers that both scientists and artists rely on similar attitudes and values. This article describes simple art activities that allow students to express their science understanding and creativity in ways other than traditional paper-and-pen tasks.
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In this article, the authors share a project developed and implemented in an eighth-grade science classroom in which students apply what they have learned about biomes to create sustainable cities. This project promotes environmental literacy through helping students understand the interrelated elements of sustainable environmental systems and how our community, economy, and the environment are connected and mutually dependent.
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This column provides an inside look at the marvels of engineering in everyday life. This issue discusses the use of charcoal in water filters.
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The author works with a chorus teacher to create an interdisciplinary unit using music to supplement the science curriculum. This particular subject involved creating lyrics and music to help students learn cellular components vocabulary.
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This article describes a miniunit that supplements a unit on the study of cells and the use of microscopes, which introduces the fundamentals of cellular biology. The miniunit promoted an inquiry approach to learning and was closely connected to the science and art content being addressed in both subject areas.
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This column identifies and corrects misinformation in the classroom. This month’s issue discusses the movement of Earth's north and south poles.
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. In this month’s issue the author discusses safe composting.
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses comets.
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The authors developed an online, five-week unit that discusses the cultural and ecological "worlds" of central Asia. Two main ideas for this integrated science and social studies unit include (1) The natural world affects the daily functioning of the human-made world and may determine its fate, and (2) the human-made world affects the daily functioning of the natural world and may determine its fate.
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This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. In this month’s issue the author describes a Halloween lab that uses physical and chemical changes to teach students about change of state, exothermic reactions, properties of solids and liquids, and chemical reactions.
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