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Science 102: This Month's Task: Measuring Up

Exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's task involves an activity using a meterstick....

Elementary High School Middle School General Science Inquiry Phenomena

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Engineering Encounters: What Makes a Superhero “Super”?

Creating a classroom culture for engineering. Graphic novels inspire a gravity investigation....

Elementary Physical Science 5E Interdisciplinary Literacy

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Methods and Strategies: Using Acorns to Generate an Entire Alphabet

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses how nature walks empower young bilingual learners....

Elementary Multilingual Learners Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Literacy Multicultural

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Planning NGSS-Based Instruction: Where Do You Start?

Allow students to pursue their own questions as you work to incorporate the NGSS into your curriculum....

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Using Local Street Trees to Teach the Concept of Common Ancestry

Take note of the trees in your neighborhood to develop an understanding of evolutionary history....

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From Mendel to Me: Constructing Genetics Knowledge Through Historical Problem-Based Learning

Teach traits and heredity with a lesson that focuses on the life of the the father of genetics....

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Pass the DNA, Please

Play a modified game of “Telephone” to learn about transcription, translation, and gene expression....

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Controversial Environmental Issues Explored Through Interdisciplinary Perspectives: The Case of the Bald Eagle, the Botanical Garden, and the Airport

Tackle a complicated science-technology-society issue with this 5E lesson....

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Editor’s Roundtable: Teaching Heredity and Evolution in the Next Generation

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

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Guest Editorial: Epigenetics: A New Science for Middle School—And Why You Should Teach It

An opinion piece about epigenetics....

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Teacher’s Toolkit: Guided-Choice Learning in Out-of-School Environments

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. Positive experiences in informal science contexts can lead students to new and positive connections with school science. Based on the authors' experiences, they sug...

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Tried and True: Revealing Alternative Conceptions to Enhance Students' Understanding of Deep Time

This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. The author introduced an activity as part of a unit on Earth’s history that asked students to imagine what the Earth looked like at a point in its distant past. The unit ...

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Scope on Safety: Eyeing Safety

This column shares safety information for your classroom. Wearing proper eye protection in the science laboratory can thwart potential hazards. In middle school science labs, appropriate eye protection is required for projects dealing with projectile...

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Scope on the Skies: A Leap Forward

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses calendar origins and why there is a leap year....

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Uncovering Wildlife

Using mini cover boards for science investigations....

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Making Critical Friends

Using socioscientific issues to teach argumentation and evidence-based reasoning....

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Shedding Light on the “Science of Small"

Exploring nanoparticles and energy conversion....

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A Virtuous Cycle

Using the Formative Assessment Design Cycle to support the NGSS....

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Finding Patterns

A lesson on naming chemical compounds....

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Planning NGSS-Based Instruction: Where Do You Start?

Allow students to pursue their own questions as you work to incorporate the NGSS into your curriculum....

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Editor's Corner: Write for The Science Teacher

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

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Science 2.0: Mastering Scientific Practices With Technology

This column shares web tools that support learning. The Next Generation Science Standards require students to engage in scientific and engineering practices. Technology tools can help incorporate these practices into the classroom. The authors descri...

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The Green Room: Conserving Tropical Rain Forests

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. Expose your students to conservation efforts and ideas from sources such as National Geographic and NASA to help them come up with solutions to deforestation....

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Health Wise: Getting Past the Peak of Flu Season

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 discusses facts about the flu and the various ways to prevent getting sick....

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Career of the Month: Electrical Engineer

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Tom Coughlin's career path to becoming an electrical engineer....

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Safer Science: Safety in Science Instruction

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses NSTA's position paper "Safety and School Science Instruction." It encourages K–12 school leaders and teachers to promote and support...

High School General Science Lesson Plans Safety Administrators

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Mars Colony

Using role-play as a pedagogical approach to teaching science....

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Amazing Muses of Science

An interdisciplinary project creates awareness of female scientists....

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Ornithologists By Design

Kindergarteners design, construct, and evaluate bird feeders....

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Start With a Story

Five schools and a zoo use the one book, one community model to bridge STEM into STEAM....

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Luminous Lighting

In this STEAM activity, students create wire sculptures that light up....

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Editor's Note: STEAM: Beyond the Acronym

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

STEM NGSS Teaching Strategies

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Teaching Through Trade Books: The Science of Art

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue allows students to explore the components of STEAM through a favorite art supply, the crayon, and a beloved American tradition, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Pa...

Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials

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Planning NGSS-Based Instruction: Where Do You Start?

Allow students to pursue their own questions as you work to incorporate the NGSS into your curriculum....

High School General Science NGSS Teaching Strategies