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Teaching Through Trade Books: My Food Is From . . .
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has students focusing on how food gets into their lunchbox by tracing the path back to where the food originated and the process it went through....
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Do College Introductory Biology Courses Increase Student Ecological Literacy?
The research described in this article used a pre-/postsurvey design to assess first-year science majors' attitudes and perceptions of the environment and their ecological knowledge....
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Soil Science in the Digital Age
Kindergarteners gain meaningful experiences in earth science while learning how to answer questions....
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Drawing Out the Artist in Science Students
In-class drawing instruction gives students the skills and confidence to make more accurate scientific diagrams....
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Identify the energy "vampires" in your students' homes with the help of inexpensive technology....
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Students bring vocabulary to life by creating science-themed hats for a fifth-grade parade....
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Energy Monitoring: Powerful Connections Between Math, Science, and Community
Raise students' awareness of their energy footprint using both hardware and software....
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Putting Science Literacy on Display
A museum setting incorporates language arts into science lessons. This article describes how a class turned its library into a museum by displaying student projects that were generated from an air and weather unit....
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Safer Science: Adopting STEM Safely
This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses implementing STEM practices in the classroom with safety in mind....
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Scope on the Skies: Ascent: A Community-Based Project to the Stratosphere
This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses a community-based project to design and build a payload container that would be carried into the stratosphere by a high-altitude weather balloon....
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Scope on Safety: Tools for Improving Your IAQ IQ
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses air quality in schools....
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In-Class Incentives That Encourage Students to Take Concept Assessments Seriously
This article explores whether administering a posttest on the final exam differs from administering it on the last day of class with extra final exam points for scoring 100% on the posttest as an incentive....
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Career of the Month: Hydrogeologist
This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes the job of a hydrogeologist....
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Editor's Roundtable: Creating a Sense of Community
Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Students use the BIDDI (Brainstorm, Investigate, Debrief, Debate, Indentify) process to understand settling rates, permeability, and porosity....
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Health Wise: Better Grades Through Sleeping?
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 the importance of sleep. ...
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Interactive word walls effectively incorporate the four components of a comprehensive vocabulary program along with a visual foundation for students to anchor learning. This article describes an effort to build science content understanding and suppo...
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Science 101: When Is the Bernoulli Effect Not the Bernoulli Effect?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. In this month’s issue the author discusses the Bernoulli Effect....