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Formative Assessment Probes: When Equipment Gets in the Way

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses how to elicit students' initial ideas about how to light a bulb with a battery and a wire....

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The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i>: A Focus on Physical Science

This article focuses on the NGSS disciplinary core ideas in physical science, the development of those ideas across time, the importance of blending core ideas with scientific and engineering practices to build understanding, and the development of p...

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In Pursuit of Sustainable STEM Certification Programs

This article investigates the impact of a unique prescholarship internship available to freshman and sophomore science majors who are exploring the possibility of becoming secondary STEM teachers....

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Safety First: Getting Wired on Safety

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom. This month's issue discusses safety when doing electrical activities. ...

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Methods and Strategies: Birds of a Feather . . .

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue investigates birds....

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Upload, Download: Empowering Students Through Technology-Enabled Problem-Based Learning

Harness students' fascination with technology and social media to build critical 21st-century skills....

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The New Teacher's Toolbox: From Content to Skills

This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue offers ideas to get students to practice explanation and argumentation skills....

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Point of View: The Scientific Method: Reality or Myth?

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue talks about the flaws of the scientific method....

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Safer Science: Waste Not, Want Not

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses what to do with laboratory waste....

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Teacher's Toolkit: Choice: The Dragon Slayer of Student Complacency

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue discusses how middle level science teachers can differentiate an inquiry-based investigation by modifying the level of structure within the lab ...

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Using School-Yard Restoration to Engage Students in Water Stewardship

Engage in conservation activities that help students understand that their choices and actions have a local and global impact....

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Beyond Slopes and Points

Teaching students how graphs describe the relationships between scientific phenomena....

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A Look at the <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i>

This article and the accompanying diagram provide an overview on the architecture of the Next Generation Science Standards....

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The Patterns Approach

This article lays out an approach built upon an introductory unit, "Patterns in Nature," which aims to engage students in constructing their understanding of physics through contextualizing and enhancing their mathematics skills. The unit focuses on ...

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Utility of Self-Made Crossword Puzzles as an Active Learning Method to Study Biochemistry in Undergraduate Education

To incorporate an active learning component in a one-semester biochemistry course, students were asked to create crossword puzzles using key concepts. A majority of the students felt that the puzzles enhanced their learning of biochemical concepts....

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Scope on Safety: For Safety's Sake, Check the SDS

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the new Safety Data Sheets....

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The Green Room: The Pros and Cons of Nuclear Energy

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue shares classroom activities that explore nuclear energy....

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Editor's Roundtable: Making Science Meaningful

Science Scope’s editor shares insights on what research reveals about how best to engage students and help them see science as relevant and meaningful to their lives....

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Vision + Community = Outdoor Learning Stations

Local partners can provide the expertise, labor, and even funding to transform your school's outdoor areas into outdoor learning stations....

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: Books Published in 2012

This year's list of science trade books can be used in the science classroom to enrich and inspire students while they learn science content....

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Scope on the Skies: Which Way Is North?

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses longitude, latitude, and Earth's poles....

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Teaching Through Trade Books: It's Electric!

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s issue the authors use simple, safe tools to teach about electric circuits....