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Scope on the Skies: Midwinter Skies, Planets, and Orbits, and the Stars of Summer
This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses taking advantage of the longer nights to view objects during winter evenings....
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To guide kindergarteners in developing a deeper understanding of an earthworm's life cycle, its feeding habits, and its role as a decomposer, the authors designed an inquiry-based unit focused on red wigglers....
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The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i> and the Life Sciences
Using the life sciences, this article first reviews essential features of the NRC Framework for K–12 Science Education that provided a foundation for the new standards. Second, the article describes the important features of life science standards ...
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The Green Room: Exploring Fuel Efficiency
This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue offers classroom activities dealing with fuel efficiency....
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Scope on Safety: Monitoring for Safety's Sake
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses practices that can possibly have negative safety consequences in a laboratory environment....
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Idea Bank: Illustrating a Neuron's Action Potential With the "Wave"
The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank discusses using an activity during a unit on the nervous system to help students grasp the concept of an action potential moving down a n...
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Green Action Through Education: A Model for Fostering Positive Attitudes About STEM
This article describes an innovative collaboration between instructors of non-STEM courses and scientists who teach STEM courses in the GATE (Green Action Through Education) learning community....
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Taking Engineering Design Out for a Spin
How a simple whirligig design challenge can highlight both inquiry and design....
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This article suggests how to organize a research unit and to plan effective deadlines....
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Safer Science: Safety Speaks in Symbols
This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses the new Safety Data Sheet....
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Methods and Strategies: Unlocking the Power of Visual Communication
Interactive read-alouds help students decode science diagrams and other visual information....
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Teaching fourth and fifth graders about engineering optimization and trade-offs....
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Play a game to facilitate students' understanding of the complex and abstract concept of neurons....
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Students test hypotheses pertaining to the tenants of Mendelian and population genetics using Pop!World, a virtual tool that teaches introductory population genetics through intuitive, inquiry-based virtual discoveries....
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Health Wise: Curbing Texting While Driving
This column provides up-to-date information on current health topics—along with classroom activities that help students make healthy choices. This month’s issue discusses texting while driving....
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Understanding Today's Students: Entry-Level Science Student Involvement in Academic Dishonesty
The study described in this article provides information needed for effective development of strategies to address issues of academic dishonesty and helping students understand the effects that their actions could have on their lives....
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Strong STEMs Need Strong Sprouts!
In this article students examine how and why plants work through in-depth investigations based on their questions that go far beyond a first-grade understanding of plants....
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Shedding Light on Engineering Design
Scientific inquiry leads to an engineering challenge and both are illuminated. The authors share their instructional approach and demonstrate how teachers can take small steps toward effectively incorporating engineering design in the elementary scie...
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Tried and True: Investigating Change Using the Invisible-Test-Tube Demonstration
This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue describes a simple, inexpensive, engaging way to teach refraction that students will talk about for the entire school year....
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Green Science: Not So Many Fish in the Sea
This column focuses on issues related to environmentally friendly and sustainable science. This month’s issue discusses ocean overfishing....
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The New Teacher's Toolbox: Defining Your Homework Stance (Part 2)
This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue discusses approaches to homework....
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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 planetary magnetic fields....
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This article presents the evaluation of a research-based introductory biology lab course focused on an ecological system. Pre- and postcourse surveys and performance assessments were administered to nonvolunteer students to measure the course's impac...
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Using Interviews to Explore Student Ideas in Science
Design and conduct interviews to assess student knowledge before teaching a topic....
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Commentary: Preparing for the New Standards
An opinion piece about the new science standards....
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Science 101: Do Moving Objects "Carry" a Force With Them?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses how forces change the motion of an object....