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Two-Year Community: Developing Scientists: A Multiyear Research Experience at a Two-Year College

This article describes an authentic research experience for undergraduates that mimics a real undergraduate research experience....

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Case Study: Rocket Mail: Using Historic Articles as Case Studies in Physics and Engineering

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s issue discusses two approaches to exploring and analyzing figures and articles from ol...

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The Wonderful World of Worms

A family-friendly activity uses worms to help young students investigate cause and effect....

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Real-World Units in the Conceptual Age

A forces and interaction unit pushes students toward higher levels of conceptual thinking....

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What Is a Foot Under Your Feet?

A project-based science unit for fifth graders explores soil quality....

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STEM in a Hair Accessory

Summer and after-school programs can bring engineering design to underserved communities....

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Editor's Note: Cause and Effect

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

Elementary General Science Inquiry NGSS

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Guest Editorial: Exploring the Science Framework and the NGSS: Computational Thinking in Elementary School Classrooms

An opinion piece about computational thinking....

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Teaching Through Trade Books: What Goes Up Must Come Down!

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s issue students explore cause-and-effect relationships to explain and predict the motion of objects....

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The Early Years: Cause and Effect: Where's the Evidence?

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue addresses the crosscutting concept of cause and effect as the column editor views it from her work with children ages 2–8....

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Physical Science Physics Crosscutting Concepts Inquiry Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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Formative Assessment Probes: Seeds in a Bag

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. In this month’s issue the formative assessment probe is designed to uncover students' use of a crosscutting concept—cause and effect—related to germination of a seed....

Elementary 5E Assessment NGSS

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Engineering Encounters: Blasting Off With Engineering

Toy testing creatively engages fifth-grade students in engineering design....

Elementary Engineering STEM

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Methods and Strategies: Creating a "We" Culture

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue shares strategies to ensure all students connect with science....

Elementary Multilingual Learners NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Equity New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education

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Science 101: How Do We Determine "Cause and Effect?"

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses how cause and effect relates to science instruction....

Elementary Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Professional Learning old

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Safety First: Houston, We Have Liftoff!

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue covers the safety of using projectiles in the classroom....

Elementary Physical Science Labs Safety

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Engineering Design and EFFECTs: A Water Filtration Example

Teach students the language of engineering while addressing a real-world problem....

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Saving Pelicans: A STEM Integration Unit

Design pelican nests as part of a STEM unit that explores food webs, migration patterns, wildlife populations, and related concepts....

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Redesigning the Water Rocket: An Engineering-Design Cycle for Integrating Science and Engineering Practices and Nature of Science Learning

Examine a variety of aerodynamic factors that affect the distance traveled by a projectile....

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The Justin Time Challenge

Engage students in both science and engineering by designing a metronome that keeps the beat to a popular song....

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Designing Earthquake-Resistant Structures: Integrating Science and Engineering Practices

Research how earthquakes affect structures and then design your own buildings that will withstand a tectonic event....

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Construct, Critique, and Connect: Engineering as a Vehicle to Learn Science

Design a better wind-turbine blade with this activity that explores energy transformation and conservation....

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Editor's Roundtable: EQuIP—A Tool to Help Keep the NGSS on Course

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

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Teacher's Toolkit: Exploring the Science Framework and NGSS: Computational Thinking in the Science Classroom

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue discusses computational thinking and how it relates to science teaching....

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Scope on Safety: Culturing Safety in Life Science

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue covers safety in life sciences labs....

Middle School Biology Labs Safety

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Scope on the Skies: Anyone Out There?

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses the Kepler mission to discover other planets orbiting their respective stars....

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In Praise of Messy Data

Lessons from the search for alien worlds....

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The Graph Choice Chart

A tool to help students turn data into evidence....

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Reflecting on Data

Using optics to connect science and mathematics....

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Demystifying Data

Using Google Trends and climate-change data to understand graphs and patterns....

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Thinking With Data

Students use authentic data to form evidence-based conclusions and think like a scientist....

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Editor's Corner: Analyzing and Interpreting Data

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

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Science 2.0: Journaling in the Information Age

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue talks about cloud-based journaling....

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The Green Room: The Deadliest Infectious Diseases

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue talks about the deadly infectious diseases ebola, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria....

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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Teach Like It's "Shark Week"

This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue discusses involving media and current events in your classes and teaching science topics that may be controversial....

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Health Wise: More Teens Are Abusing Human Growth Hormone

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 teen use of synthetic human growth hormone....

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Safer Science: Flammables: A Hot Safety Issue

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses how to store and use flammable materials correctly....

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Career of the Month: Data Scientist

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Soyeon Park's career path to becoming a data scientist....

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Teaching Quantitative Reasoning for Nonscience Majors Through Carbon Footprint Analysis

This article describes and assesses a laborastory exercise that has students calculate their "carbon footprint" and evaluate the impacts of various behavior choices on that footprint....

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Active Learning in the Atmospheric Science Classroom and Beyond Through High-Altitude Ballooning

This article describes the implementation of high-altitude balloon research into a variety of undergraduate atmospheric science classes as a means of increasing active student engagement in real-world, problem-solving events....

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Using Collaboration Between English and Biology to Teach Scientific Writing and Communication

This article describes a model for a scientific writing and communication course....