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Electromagnetic Induction

An inquiry investigation about electromagnetism helps students understand and use scientific and engineering practices....

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Measuring Success

Second graders design, build, test, and improve tools to map a waterway....

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Editor's Note: Engineering and Design

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

Elementary Engineering Learning Progression NGSS

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The Early Years: The STEM of Inquiry

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue describes a STEM activity that includes designing and using a tool....

Early Childhood Elementary Engineering STEM Disciplinary Core Ideas Inquiry Performance Expectations Teaching Strategies

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Guest Editorial: The Next Generation Science Standards and Engineering for Young Learners: Beyond Bridges and Egg Drops

An opinion piece that aims to engage elementary teachers with key engineering components in the NGSS, including conceptual shifts, disciplinary core ideas, and practices to effectively wield the standards as a transformative tool for classroom instru...

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Flying Machines

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue uses two fiction trade books to inspire students to design and test various flying machines....

Early Childhood Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials

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Formative Assessment Probes: Pendulums and Crooked Swings: Connecting Science and Engineering

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue explores the complementary nature of science and engineering in the elementary classroom....

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Science 101: What Causes Electromagnetic Induction?

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

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Engineering Encounters: Minding Design Missteps

This month's topic describes a watch list of misconceptions for beginning designers....

Early Childhood Elementary Engineering Pedagogy

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Safety First: Safety: The Elementary Mission

This month's safety column discusses safety with STEM activities....

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Reflecting Understanding: Using Lab Stations to Teach Image Formation

Confront student misconceptions about plane mirrors through this series of lab station activities....

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Color: The Eyes Have It

Take a closer look at human eye coloring and conduct a virtual analysis of colors in digital images....

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Exploring Waves in the Stratosphere: Balloon's Up!

Launch weather balloons to study how ultraviolet radiation, visible light, and sound waves are affected by altitude....

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Catching Waves: Making Wave Prints to Introduce Wave Properties

Use a water tank to create and capture standing waves as part of an activity that explores wave properties through modeling, measurement, and mathematics....

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The Wonders of Terrestrial Isopods

Curl up for an in-depth look at the roly poly pillbug....

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Editor's Roundtable: The "Magic" of PS4

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

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Teacher's Toolkit: Differentiating Inquiry

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s column describes how to differentiate a density investigation for variations in student readiness by varying the level of inquiry using an approach th...

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Tried and True: Songs in Service of Science

This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue describes the technique of singing songs to teach vocabulary and key facts for a variety of science topics....

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Scope on Safety: Wave Warnings

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses safety when using equipment that is used to provide students with a better understanding of light, sound, and wave energy....

Middle School Physical Science Labs Safety

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Scope on the Skies: The Sound of Sound

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses sound in space....

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All Screwed Up

A game of nuts and bolts designed to help students discover chemical kinetics...

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Theories, Laws, and Hypotheses

Teaching overarching science concepts through gas laws and kinetic molecular theory....

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Bill's Box

A simple and effective approach to stoichiometry...

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From Cars to Creatures

Converting analogies into student-centered activities...

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Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier: A "Climate Canary"?

Using atmospheric and oceanic processes and the poles to teach the climate system....

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Editor's Corner: Chemistry 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: Designing Your Course Like a Video Game

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses gamification, which is the practice of applying game mechanics to nongame situations, and how it is being used as an instructional design approach in the classroom....

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The Green Room: Good Ozone, Bad Ozone

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses the types of ozone....

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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Is That the Teacher?

This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue talks about tips to use in the classroom when you are a young teacher....

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Safer Science: Safety to the Wind

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue talks about appropriate laboratory ventilation....

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Career of the Month: An Interview With Aerosol Scientist Melissa Lunden

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue talks about the career of an aerosol scientist....

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Health Wise: Dietary Fats: Friend or Foe?

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 the author discusses dietary fats....