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Science Teachers, We Have Digital Academic Liftoff!
Discover the world of online astronomy resources available from NSTA and NASA....
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A partnership brought a community together for a science night that included a planetarium, telescopes, and science activity centers....
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The author incorporated the ExploraVision competition into the energy unit of her school's physics curriculum with the help of a media specialist....
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A Sun-Earth-Moon Activity to Develop Student Understanding of Lunar Phases and Frames of Reference
Lead students through a series of guided questions to explore the phases of the Moon....
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Modifying the family science night concept mimics the engineering design process and connects families to the science curriculum....
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The Green Room: Green School Buildings
This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses steps you can take to ensure a healthy and sustainable learning environment....
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Tried and True: Reflecting on Students' Misconceptions About Light
This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue presents a lesson that begins by eliciting students' preconceptions and then addresses their difficulties in understanding light....
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Teacher's Toolkit: Knowing by Doing and Doing by Knowing
This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue discusses developing the metacognition of middle school science teachers....
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Safer Science: Safety in the Eye of the Beholder
This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses types of eye protection....
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The author incorporates engineering into the biology classroom by having students safely design, construct, and analyze engineered biological systems. This article examines a new open-access curriculum designed to teach foundational engineering desig...
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Intersections, Molecules, and Homeless Shelters
This article describes activities that motivate science students with drama and imagination. The teacher can invent curiosity-provoking scenarios that require students to apply science concepts and processes as integral and indispensable elements....
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Parent science nights help a teacher connect with parents of upper elementary students while at the same time provide time to present exciting science challenges and problem-solving situations....
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A virtual expedition brings polar science to students and parents to school. Students got the opportunity to interact with scientists traveling to Antarctica....
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Editor's Corner: Engineering Excellence
The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....
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Formative Assessment Probes: Seeing the Light
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses students' preconceptions related to the reflection of light....
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Editor's Note: Don't Forget Families
Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Scope on Safety: Extinguishing Safety?
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses how to use a fire extinguisher....
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Editor's Roundtable: Exoplanet Explosion
Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Exploring the Solar System? Let the Math Teachers Help!
Use an interdisciplinary approach to help students develop a true appreciation for the size of the solar system....
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Learn how patterns, system, structure, and other crosscutting concepts fit into the new Framework....
Book Chapter
The question students will answer through this chapter is, What can we discover by observing objects in the sky? Three separate but related investigations reveal patterns in the sky. The inquiry begins with an investigation into the changing shape of...