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Killing Two Birds With One Stone

Integrating science and English/language arts instruction with interactive science notebooks....

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Debate, Dialogue, and Democracy Through Science!

Using controversial issues to develop scientific literacy and informed citizenship....

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Science Is “RAD”

The use of mnemonics as an effective strategy to support the integration of writing in science for students with disabilities....

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Engaging in Argumentation

Strategies for early elementary and English language learners...

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Testing Oil Spill Cleanup Methods Ethically

Strategies to develop students’ ethical habits of mind in science-integrated engineering....

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Editor’s Note: Finding a Way

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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The Early Years: Begin With Open Exploration

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue discusses ways to encourage children to engage in open exploration to learn about living organisms....

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The Poetry of Science: Teaching Strategies

Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. This poem introduces observation and the skills of a natural scientist....

Elementary General Science Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Literacy

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Science 101: How Can I Make Science Fun and Have Students Learn More By Using Phenomenon-Based Learning?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This issue discusses phenomenon-based learning and activities to use in the science classroom....

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The Soda Can Crusher Challenge

By Hasan Deniz, Erdogan Kaya, and Ezgi Yesilyurt

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Seeing the Struggle and Reaping the Rewards

By Melissa Parks

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Classroom-Scale Experiments in System-Scale Modeling With Application to the Global Cycle of Water and Energy

Model the movement of energy through the water cycle....

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Getting Beneath the Surface

Explore plate tectonics with this series of lab investigations....

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When Air Masses Collide!

Use anchoring phenomena to explain air mass interactions....

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National Parks Investigation

Use parks to introduce the three rock types and the rock cycle....

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From the Editor's Desk: Earth: The Ultimate Recycler

Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Integrating Technology: Using Science and Technology to Protect Urban Water Sources

This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. In this article, the authors describe an eighth-grade science lesson in which the teacher discussed with her students science-based recommendati...

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Teacher’s Toolkit: Community Connections

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This issue describes how the author fosters more communication between her students and their families in her sixth-grade science classroom by incorporating Communit...

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Classic Lessons 2.0: Where Did the Leaves Go?

Investigating decomposition through an inquiry-based project. This lesson was designed to help students learn about the cycle of decomposition by having them investigate the decomposition of leaves....

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Disequilibrium: The Connection Between Weather and Air Masses

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. This month’s column helps explain how air masses flow from regions of high pressure to low pressure, causing weather at a fixed location to change over time as well as how s...

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Science For All: Creating a Culturally Responsive Middle School Science Classroom

This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. This article provides foundational strategies you can add to your classroom management repertoire to create a culturally responsive classroom. These strategies build the respect and tr...

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Teacher To Teacher: Using Phenomena to Drive Student Questions

This column provides practical advice from your peers. Last summer’s flooding of Houston, Texas, left many wondering what caused this catastrophic event. To answer students' questions about these types of events, the authors suggest incorporating ...

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Citizen Science: Cloudy With a Chance of “Cirrus” Science

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. NASA Globe Observer (GO) Clouds is a citizen science project that combines cloud and sky observations from t...

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Interdisciplinary Ideas: Data Literacy 101

This column shares ways to bring other subjects into the science classroom. Every few months, this column will explore ways to incorporate data literacy into our classrooms. The authors will explore strategies and tips addressing common struggles mi...