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Editor's Note: Earth's Systems: Climate

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

Elementary Climate Change Earth & Space Science

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DCIs, SEPs, and CCs, Oh My!

Learn how the Next Generation Science Standards seek to advance science teaching and learning....

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Wonderful Water

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue discusses how to help children understand the water cycle, the importance of water, and where and how they use water so that they can be more informed users of ...

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The Early Years: About the Weather

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue describes an activity where students indirectly document local weather by counting outdoor clothing types worn by classmates and use the ...

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Formative Assessment Probes: Wet Jeans

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue uses familiar phenomena to uncover students' ideas....

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Engineering Encounters: Nature as Inspiration

Learning about plant structures helps students design water collection devices....

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Methods and Strategies: 5E for ELL

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses adaptations to the learning cycle that provide an authentic context for English language development....

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Science 101: What Are the Earth's Heating and Cooling Mechanisms?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses some of the mechanisms of Earth that are related to global warming and climate change....

Elementary Middle School Earth & Space Science Physical Science Professional Learning old

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Safety First: Safety at First Sight

This columnn discusses eye protection in the elementary classroom....

Elementary General Science Labs Safety

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Science 102: Fermi for You

This column contains exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue discusses Fermi problems....

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See Less Sea-Less Seagulls: Planning for an Interdisciplinary STEM Unit

Use place-based learning to design a yearlong STEM project....

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Connecting the Dots: Lasers Link Students to Their 3-D World

Build an inexpensive LiDAR unit to promote student inquiry....

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Shrimp and Black Gill: Studying the Effect of Apostome Ciliates

Explain patterns of ecological interactions using a role-playing game....

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Using Biographical Letters to Draw on the Nature of Science

Bring a famous scientist to life by using an engaging biographical text with students....

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DCIs, SEPs, and CCs, Oh My! Understanding the Three Dimensions of the NGSS

Learn how the Next Generation Science Standards seek to advance science teaching and learning....

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Using a STEM-Based Approach to Make Recycling Metallic Elements Relevant

Integrate science, math, and engineering to solve a real-world problem....

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Editor's Roundtable: Interdisciplinary Teaching

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

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Tried and True: Using Observations of Fossils to Reconstruct Ancient Environments

This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. In this month’s issue the authors describe how to foster students' understanding of observation-based data by sharing a 5E learning-cycle lesson that integrates scientifi...

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Teacher's Toolkit: Bridging the Three Dimensions of the NGSS Using the Nature of Science

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue describes a process for modifying and implementing published lessons to explicitly teach nature of science so that students can be engaged in di...

Elementary Middle School Earth & Space Science General Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Inquiry NGSS Pedagogy Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Scope on Safety: Safer Science Kits

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the safety concerns regarding science activity kits....

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Scope on the Skies: Standing on Their Shoulders

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses how to humanize groundbreaking scientists and explorers....

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Teaching the Manhattan Project

Bringing literacy in civic science to the chemistry class....

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William Smith's Mapping Milestone

An interactive historical vignette celebrating the bicentennial of the first national geologic map....

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Chemical Solitaire

Arranging cards to build an organizational model of the elements....

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A Cool Controversy

Exploring the nature of science using a historical debate about glaciers....

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Are We Alone in the Universe?

Using primary sources to address a fundamental question....

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DCIs, SEPs, and CCs, Oh My! Understanding the Three Dimensions of the NGSS

Learn how the Next Generation Science Standards seek to advance science teaching and learning....

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Editor's Corner: The Nature of Science

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

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Science 2.0: Build Your Professional Network

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue looks at how to build a professional development and resource network using social media....

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The Green Room: The Global Water Crisis

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue talks about activities and videos that relate to the availability of clean water....

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Health Wise: Meeting Students' Special Needs

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 how teachers can make accommodations for their special needs students....

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Idea Bank: Exploring the History of Science With Movies

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank describes resources that can help teachers integrate the stories of scientists' lives into core content....

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Career of the Month: Science and Technology Librarian

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Louise Deis's career path to becoming a science and technology librarian....

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Safer Science: Safety in the Field

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses field trip safety....

High School General Science Lesson Plans Safety

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Lab 12. Explanations for Animal Behavior: Why Do Great White Sharks Travel Over Long Distances?

Shark populations worldwide are declining in areas where they were once common. As a result, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has classified many species of shark as threatened with extinction. One species of shark that is c...

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