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Models and Approaches to STEM Professional Development (e-book)

The arrival of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) makes it the ideal time to kick-start your professional development program, and this ambitious book is the perfect source of inspiration to help you do so....

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The Basics of Data Literacy: Helping Your Students (and You!) Make Sense of Data (e-book)

Here’s the ideal statistics book for teachers with no statistics background. Written in an informal style with easy-to-grasp examples, The Basics of Data Literacy teaches you how to help your students understand data. Then, in turn, they learn how ...

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The Importance of Viable Models in the Construction of Professional Development

With the release of the Framework and the NGGS, we have the opportunity to improve the teaching and learning of science and to help move our nation forward by providing all students with the depth of understanding of big ideas, scientific and enginee...

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Assessing for Achievement

Formative assessments are woven throughout a series of lessons structured upon the 5E Instructional Model....

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Scoring a Goal for Learning

Initiating formative assessment practices in kindergarten informs teaching and learning....

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Crystal Clear Assessment

Techniques for rich, authentic asssessment are revealed through a polymer gel spheres project....

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Simply Performance Assessment

A fourth-grade lesson on simple machines integrates performance assessment tasks....

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... And Action!

Using science skits to evaluate students' understanding of science concepts....

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Seeing the Science

A rubric helps to examine written science observations of second-grade English language learners....

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Editor's Note: Seamless Assessment

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

Elementary General Science Assessment Teaching Strategies

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Pondering Plants

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has students exploring the physical structure of a plant, how a plant grows, and what a plant actually is....

Early Childhood Elementary Life Science Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies

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The Early Years: Are They Getting It?

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses formative assessment....

Early Childhood Elementary Physical Science Assessment Lesson Plans Performance Expectations Teaching Strategies

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Formative Assessment Probes: Is It Melting? Formative Assessment for Teacher Learning

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. In this month’s issue the author explores how the formative assessment probe "Is It Melting?" was used to confront teachers with their own alternative conceptions and help them reconstru...

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Engineering Encounters: Engineer It, Learn It: Science and Engineering Practices in Action

Step into an elementary classroom to see what Next Generation Science Standards practices look like....

Elementary Engineering STEM Science and Engineering Practices

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Science 101: What Is the Physics Behind Simple Machines?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. In this month’s issue the author discusses simple machines....

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Methods and Strategies: The Sun Is a Star?

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue helps students connect scientifically correct ideas to what makes sense to them....

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Building Science Literacy by Reading Science News

Engage students in reading, analyzing, and discussing science stories in the popular media....

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Saturn, Science, and Cross-Curricular Literacy Standards

Integrate literacy and science standards with an exploration of the ringed planet....

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Increasing Science Vocabulary Using PowerPoint Flash Cards

Use the mnemonic keyword strategy to teach technical vocabulary to students with learning disabilities or who are learning English....

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Human Impact on Water Quality: Conducting Inquiry Activities With Cyber Databases and ICTs

Tap into water-quality databases to conduct an authentic inquiry activity....

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Evaluating Scientific Arguments With Slow Thinking

Explore System 1 and System 2 thinking as it relates to evaluating scientific arguments....

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Engaging Middle School Students in the Analysis and Interpretation of Real-World Data

Use research articles written specifically for middle school students to analyze and interpret real data....

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Student-to-Student Collaboration and Coming to Consensus

Promote a dialogue among students that helps develop the art of consensus-building....

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Editor's Roundtable: Developing Critical Consumers of Science and Engineering

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

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Teacher's Toolkit: Scientific Explanations and Arguments: Understanding Their Nature Through Historical Examples

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue discusses explanation and argument....

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Tried and True: Classroom Zoo: Practicing Ethical Research on Animals

This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue discusses how to responsibly conduct scientific research....

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Scope on Safety: Safety in Videos

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue addresses safety issues that accompany the increased access to and use of experiments found in videos....

Middle School Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Safety

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Scope on the Skies: Comet of the Century?

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses comets....

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What Happens When You Flip a Switch?

A series of hands-on activities to help students understand what energy is and how we generate it....

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Physics Portfolios

Students submit essays and pictures at the end of a unit of study to show real-life examples of the unit's physics concepts....

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Rethinking Failure

When getting it wrong can increase students' chances for getting it right....

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Toying Around

A seemingly simple pull toy can open students' eyes to the nature of science....

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Inexpensive Equipment for the Physics Classroom

How to construct a ramp and five labs that make use of it....

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Editor's Corner: Physics Instruction in the Era of the NGSS

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

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Science 2.0: Gamify AP Biology

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue interviews a biology teacher who has created video screencasts for his "flipped" classes and recently reinvented his Advanced Placement Biology course using game mechanics....

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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Finding Funding and Securing Swag

This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue offers tips for finding funding and free equipment for the science classroom....

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Career of the Month: An Interview With Microscopist Hari Shroff

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue highlights a microscopist career....

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Health Wise: Pushing Caffeine to Teens

This Q&A style column provides up-to-date information on current health topics—helping students (and teachers) make healthy choices. In this month’s issue students become more aware of caffeine in their diets....

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Safer Science: Choose Biological Stains Carefully

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

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The Green Room: Why Care About Wetlands?

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue offers activities to help students learn about wetlands....