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Fifth graders take an interdisciplinary field trip to a farm and learn science and local history in the process....
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A family science event engages a community in STEAM exploration....
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A creek restoration project led by fifth-grade students affects the whole community....
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Informal Science Learning in the Formal Classroom
Creating a quality partnership with informal science institutions....
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A school collaborates with community partners to support authentic inquiry....
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Editor's Note: Outside Resources
Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Guest Editorial: Embracing Informal Science Resources
An opinion piece about the value of informal science learning experiences....
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Will It Sink or Will It Float?
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s trade books and accompanying activities help students investigate the concept of sinking and floating in more depth....
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The Early Years: Inviting Parents to School
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses ways to help parents get involved in preschool science end engineering programs....
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Science 101: Why Are Hippos Unguligrades?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses the difference between plantigrades, digitigrades, and unguligrades....
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Research Roundup: 2014 Summer Reading Suggestions
These reading suggestions are compiled by ASTE, NARST, and NSELA....
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Methods and Strategies: Extending the Classroom
This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses tips for planning successful field trips....
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Engineering Encounters: Can a Student Really Do What Engineers Do?
Teaching second graders about properties using filter design within a 5E learning cycle....
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Astrobiology: Explorations in Earth and Life Science
Explore the fundamental conditions that make life possible on Earth and the creatures that inhabit its most extreme environments as you consider the possibility of extraterrestrial life....
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Correspond with a scientist to strengthen students' writing and questioning skills while humanizing the people behind the profession....
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Including Students in a Model of the Earth, Moon, and Sun System
Model the phases of the Moon and other astronomy concepts with this hands-on approach that will keep students on their toes....
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Think Instruments, Think Apps: Using App-Based Technology in the Science Classroom
Integrate tablets and smartphones into your classroom by incorporating the latest apps into your lessons....
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Born to Run: Experimental Evolution of High Voluntary Exercise in Mice
Explore evolutionary change in response to selection using real organisms instead of simulations....
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Editor's Roundtable: Adding some STEAM to Astronomy
Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Guest Editorial: Modeling What We Can't Sense—Using Evidence We Can
An opinion piece about exploring ways the practices of science can be integrated with literature....
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This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue describes a process by which to develop science lessons that support students in engaging in and learning through argumentation....
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Tried and True: Planetary Properties: A Systems Perspective
This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue describes a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to learn about the properties of each planet as well as properties that the planets share...
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Scope on Safety: Safety's Within Your Grasp
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses assessing safety issues during a model's testing phase....
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Scope on the Skies: Location, Location, Location
This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue has students developing a complete address for their location—a universal address....
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A science and statistics integration activity using charismatic cockroaches....
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Discovering Our Stellar Neighborhood
Modeling the nearby stars in three dimensions....
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A stratigraphy project for interpreting data and integrating science and math....
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Using dinosaur tracks to integrate engineering and math in the science classroom....
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Computational Thinking in High School Science Classrooms
Exploring the science Framework and NGSS. ...
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Editor's Corner: Math-Science Connections
The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....
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Science 2.0: Write Your Own Science Book
This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses creating digital science books....
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The Green Room: The Latest on Climate Change
This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses activities having to do with climate change....
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The New Teacher's Toolbox: The A-to-Z Summer Checklist
This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue provides an A–Z list of important reminders for the last weeks of school....
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Health Wise: Putting the Brakes on Marijuana Use
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 getting students to think critically about measurable consequences of marijuana use....
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Idea Bank: Modeling the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment
The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank describes an activity that allows students to recreate Robert Millikan's thought process for his oil drop experiment....
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Safer Science: Accommodation and Laboratory Safety
This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue addresses maintaining a safer classroom environment while accommodating special needs students....
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Career of the Month: An Interview With Biological Engineer Reshma Shetty
This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Reshma Shetty's career path to becoming a biological engineer....
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Twitter in the Higher Education Classroom: A Student and Faculty Assessment of Use and Perception
This article describes a study that assesses social media use and perception of utility in higher education classrooms among faculty, graduate, and undergraduate cohorts....
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Beginning a Classroom Inquiry: Using Photovoice to Connect College Students to Community Science
In this article the process of photovoice is showcased as a platform for undergraduate students to connect to their local community through science while beginning to develop an inquiry project on environmental stability....
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A Learner-Centered Molecular Modeling Exercise for Allied Health Majors in a Biochemistry Class
This article describes a learner-centered project given to allied health majors in a biochemistry course. The project involved building molecular models of imagined protein binding sites for the drug thalidomide....