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Boom. Bust. Build.

Incorporate computational thinking into your classroom as students redevelop a fictional city....

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Best STEM Books for Students K–12

Books published in 2017....

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Editor’s Corner: Phenomenal Science

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....

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Focus on Physics: The Delightful Addition of Colored Lights

This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. This article describes how you can produce such colorful shadows for students and the general public in your classroom or an auditorium....

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Science 2.0: Organizing a Bit of the Google Ecosystem

This column shares web tools that support learning. This issue shares a list of tips to help optimize some of the most common Google interactions students have throughout the day....

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The Green Room: Waste Management

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This issue discusses waste production and management....

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Career of the Month: Astronomer

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This issue describes Percy Gomez's career path to becoming an astronomer....

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Right to the Source: Cemeteries

Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This issue discusses a 1914 stereographic image of a cemetery....

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Course-Based Support for Peer-Led Study Group Facilitators in a Large Instructional Team

To improve communication within the instructional workforce of a large organic chemistry course, students must take a required course for all undergraduate peer-led study groups (PLSG) facilitators and peer tutors hired by the Science Learning Center...

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Evolution in Student Perceptions of a Flipped Classroom in a Computer Programming Course

In this article the “flipped classroom” pedagogical approach is used for a combined undergraduate and graduate computer programming course in meteorology. Details of how the course was flipped are discussed, as well as how student perceptions of...

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Science and Community Engagement: Connecting Science Students With the Community

In this article the authors describe a course on science outreach that was developed as part of our college’s goal that all students participate in a meaningful community engagement experience. The Science & Community Engagement course provides a w...

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The Role of Faculty in Fostering STEM Transfer Student Success

In 2012 Eckerd College received a grant from the National Science Foundation to create a scholarship program for transfer students majoring in one of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors offered at Eckerd. This article ...

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Breaking Down Barriers: A Bridge Program Helps First-Year Biology Students Connect With Faculty

Summer bridge programs aim to build social connections for first-year students to ease their transition into college, yet few studies have reported on bridge programs successfully leading to these outcomes. The authors backward designed a summer brid...

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Student and Faculty Views on Process of Science Skills at a Large, Research-Intensive University

The Association of American Colleges and Universities ranks multiple process of science (POS) skills among the top-10 skills employers seek in college graduates. As part of an effort to explore and align the emphasis on POS skills in our science dep...

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Students’ Understanding and Perceptions of Assigned Team Roles in a Classroom Laboratory Environment

Using a cooperative learning framework in a quantitative reasoning laboratory course, students were assigned to static teams of four in which they adopted roles that rotated regularly. The roles included: team leader, protocol manager, data recorder,...

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Exploring Power Distribution and Its Influence on the Process of Argumentation in a POGIL Biochemistry Classroom

In this exploratory case study, the authors consider how students in an undergraduate biochemistry class engaged in the process of argumentation within an inquiry-oriented learning environment to investigate a chemical mechanism in a particular part ...

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Point of View: The Professional Science Master’s Degree at Twenty

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This issue discusses Professional Science Master’s degree programs. ...

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Two-Year Community: Modeling Tiktaalik: Using a Model-Based Inquiry Approach to Engage Community College Students in the Practices of Science During an Evolution Unit

Inquiry methods have been successful in improving science literacy in students of all ages. Model-Based Inquiry (MBI) is an instructional model that engages students in the practices of science through the collaborative development of scientific mode...

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Case Study: Putting Words in Their Mouth: Writing Dialogue For Case Studies

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This issue discusses dialogue writing guidelines most relevant to case writing....

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Could “The Martian” Really Have Grown Potatoes for Food?

Separate science fiction from fact....

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Engineering Nanoparticles for the Body

Design a nanoparticle that can travel through a blood vessel....

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Best STEM Books

Books published in 2017....

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Cells on Mars

Develop a deeper understanding of plant and animal cells....

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Cell Modeling Students Can Really Get Into

Use a real-world scenario to engage in the scientific practice of collecting, analyzing, graphing, and interpreting data....

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Classic Lessons 2.0: Diffusion in Action

This column shares updated perennial classroom favorites. Investigating the surface area–to-volume ratio in cells....

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Integrating Technology: Mapping Digital Game Analogies to Science Instruction

This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. This article describes an instructional sequence that shows teachers how to use analogy mapping techniques with the Ruby Realm game....

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From the Editor’s Desk: Sparking Student Interest in Hidden Worlds

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

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Citizen Science: iNaturalist

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. Citizen science for 21st-century naturalists with the iNaturalist app....

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Disequilibrium: Sensory Illusions

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. The use of optical illusions in the classroom helps students understand that the brain may process reactions based upon a previously learned context, even if the context resul...

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Listserv Roundup: Interactive and Digital Notebooks in the Science Classroom

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. Last month, NSTA listserv members shared effective note-taking strategies for science students. This month’s column focuses on an...

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Science For All: Making Science Memorable

This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. Memorization techniques for the middle school student....

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Teacher To Teacher: Scaffolds for Scientific Explanations

This column provides practical advice from your peers. This month provides an example of an activity that guides middle school students through the formation of a scientific explanation....

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Scope on the Skies: Motions of the Earth and Beyond

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This issue discusses rotational speed and visible planets....