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Journal Article
Scope on Safety: LAMP: Shining a Light on Safety
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses LAMP: an acronym for lead, asbestos, mercury, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).The article describes where in the school building each of these health hazard...
Book Chapter
A Need for Speed? Should Speed Limits Be Lowered to Reduce Traffic Fatalities?
During this unit, students will investigate physical science concepts related to forces and motion. They will then synthesize and apply their learning to grapple with the question of whether speed limits should be lowered to reduce traffic accidents....
NSTA Press Book
It's Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy K-12
REVERE Award Finalist, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers!“Functional scientific literacy requires an understanding of the nature of science and the skills necessary to think both scientifically and ethically about everyday ...
By Dana L. Zeidler, Sami Kahn
NSTA Press Book
Doing Good Science in Middle School, Expanded 2nd Edition: A Practical STEM Guide
“We are among those who have come to enjoy the blossoming intellects, often comical behaviors, and insatiable curiosity of middle schoolers—and choose to work with them! With more than 130 years of combined experience in the profession, we’ve g...
By Olaf Jorgenson, Rick Vanosdall, Vicki Massey, Jackie Cleveland
Journal Article
Scope on Safety: Kitchen Chemistry and Safety
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue covers guidelines for household chemical use....
Journal Article
Scope on Safety: Eating in the Lab: A Recipe for Disaster
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the rules associated with eating in the science laboratory....
Journal Article
Scope on Safety: Pregnant and Safe in the Lab
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses how to be safe in the lab while pregnant....
Journal Article
Scope on Safety: Safety in Videos
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue addresses safety issues that accompany the increased access to and use of experiments found in videos....