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Bringing the Maker Movement to School

Fourth-grade students create projects to illustrate the transfer and transformation of energy....

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Investigating Axial Seamount: Using Student-Generated Models to Understand Plate Tectonics

Teach students to use their own models as tools for constructing a scientific explanation of a natural phenomenon....

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Achieving Liftoff

Using coherent storylines to explain phenomena....

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Feet Wet, Hands Dirty: Engaging Students in Science Teaching and Learning With Stream Investigations

Stream investigation and restoration projects offer unique experiential opportunities to engage students in outdoor learning experiences that are relevant to the communities in which they live. These experiences promote an understanding of watershed...

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Remaking Science Fairs

Adaptations create science conventions that avoid the typical pitfalls of science fair time....

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Celebrating Science With the Community

An approach to science fairs intended to create learning celebrations....

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Firefly, Firefly

First-grade students learn, talk, and write about light....

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Seeing Science in Haiku

Primary students explore connections between science and writing....

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The Early Years: Classroom Memories

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue provides an activity to encourage students to reflect on their actions and thought processes....

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Physical Science 5E Inquiry Literacy

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Editor's Note: Creating Meaningful Products

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

Elementary Inquiry NGSS Performance Expectations

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Teaching Through Trade Books: What We Do With Ideas

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue focuses on allowing students to expand their thinking around simple objects and ideas while maintaining a science focus....

Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials

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The Poetry of Science: Sinking and Floating

Build literacy in playful, meaningful ways with sinking and floating....

Elementary General Science Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Literacy

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Science 101: What Constitutes a Good Science Project

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses the elements of a good science project....

Early Childhood Elementary

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Science 102: Elucidating

This column shares exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue presents a new challenge and answers The Speed of Light challenge from last month....

Elementary Middle School Physical Science Inquiry Phenomena Labs

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Engineering Encounters: Designing Healthy Ice Pops

This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue shares information about a STEM enrichment project for second graders that incorporates nutrition and design principles....

Elementary Engineering Life Science STEM

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Methods and Strategies: Science Storybooks

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses using Giverny Award winners to engage elementary students in science....

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A Middle School Lake Study: Connecting Disciplines Through a Hands-On Experience

Dip into this cross-disciplinary, hands-on exploration of a local lake that can lead to a community learning experience....

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A Closer Look at Flowers: Exploring Structure and Function in Science and Art

Integrate art into a 5E model unit on the anatomy of flowers to provide students with another lens through which to view the specialized structures and organization of flowering plants....

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From the Editor's Desk: A Welcome From the New Editor

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

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Teacher to Teacher: Start the School Year With an Authentic Activity

This column provides practical advice from your peers. This month's column provides an activity to engage students in scientific argumentation....

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Disequilibrium: Teaching Discrepant Events With the 5E Instructional Model

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. This month's issue takes a vinegar–baking soda activity through the various stages of the 5E Instructional Model....

General Science 5E Pedagogy Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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Science for All: Creating Student Buy-In on Day One

This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. This month's issue discusses how to engage students at the beginning of the school year....

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Listserv Roundup: A Definitive Guide to the NSTA Listservs

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics....

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Classic Lessons 2.0: The Power of Nanoscale

This column shares updated perennial classroom favorites. This month's issue describes activities in which students examine how the ratio of surface area to volume is related to the size of an object, a concept that allows nanoparticles to react quic...

Middle School General Science Mathematics 5E Instructional Materials

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Teacher's Toolkit: A Bird in the Cage Is Worth Two in a Bush

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue explores how Science Snacks can provide an opportunity for students to engage in the NGSS practice of Planning and Carrying Out an Investigation...

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Citizen Science: Testing the Water: World Watering Challenge

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. This issue discusses a global citizen science program that allows students from around the world to monitor l...

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Scope on the Skies: Angles and Eclipses

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses types of angles and eclipses, and modeling planets....

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Find Your Center

Using STEM principles to explore center of mass....

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Scaling Up

Using plant growth to understand climate change....

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Separating a Mixture

Students build models to explain ionic interactions....

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A Twist on Measuring Catalase

A more consistent—and fun—activity that explores enzyme reactions....

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Editor's Corner: Science Practice in the Post-Truth Era

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

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Science 2.0: Transforming Science Education With New Tech Standards

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses the International Society for Technology in Education Standards for Students....

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Focus on Physics: When Our Round Earth Was First Measured

Building an understanding of physical principles. This month's issue discusses the methods Eratosthenes used to measure the roundness of Earth....

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The Green Room: When Climate Change Causes Extinction

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses the loss of habitat and food sources due to climate change....

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Health Wise: Should Your School Offer Grab-and-Go Breakfasts?

This Q&A style column provides up-to-date information on current health topics—helping students (and teachers) make healthy choices. This month’s issue explores the reasons to eat a good breakfast and what some schools are doing to provide breakf...

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Career of the Month: Ethnobotanist

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Karen Sherwood's career path to becoming a ethnobotanist....

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Right to the Source: Back to School With Primary Sources

Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This month's issue discusses the "Measuring the Blizzard's Rage" photograph....

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Building Bridges Between Science Courses Using Honors Organic Chemistry Projects

Introductory undergraduate science courses are traditionally offered as distinct units without formalized student interaction between classes. To bridge science courses, the authors used three Honors Organic Chemistry projects paired with other scien...

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Using Photojournals to Develop Ecoliteracy in a Blended Environmental Science Course

Developing innovative tools for ensuring that students understand the ways in which science content connects to their lives, future careers, and global issues is becoming more dynamic as online, blended, and hybrid instructional models become more pr...