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Landing Safely on Mars

While designing and building "Mars Landers," fourth-grade students engage in important engineering practices such as making models, testing designs, and comparing the effectiveness of different models. Students also create nonfiction books as they le...

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Shadow Play

Students observe shadows through various activities and at the same time, learn about seasonal change....

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Scope on Safety: Slipping on Safety

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses how to help prevent slips, trips, and falls....

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Engaging Undergraduates Through Interdisciplinary Research in Nanotechnology

A small public university recruits and retains more students in all science disciplines by implementing an interdisciplinary strategy focusing on nanotechnology and enhanced undergraduate research....

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The Green Room: Environmental Science Lab Reports

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses the importance of keeping clear, concise, and informative lab reports....

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Shake It Up With Reading

The author created a lesson in which students successfully practiced reading comprehension skills while developing an understanding of earthquakes....

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Improving Active Learning by Integrating Scientific Abstracts Into Biological Science Courses

The author discusses using scientific abstracts in a genetics course. Students are introduced to topics via abstracts within lectures, as quiz material, and as homework to develop their understanding of how and why research is performed, what informa...

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Scope on the Skies: Welcome to Mars

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses Mars exploration....

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Jump-Start Your Middle School Students' Background Knowledge and Vocabulary Skills

The authors share a favorite method for incorporating and reinforcing science vocabulary instruction in the classroom: jump pages....

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Case Study: Stereochemistry of Drug Action: Case Studies With Enantiomers

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s case study exercise with optical isomers reinforces newly learned material on stereoch...

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Formative Assessment Probes: The Daytime Moon

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses misconceptions about when you can see the moon....

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The Early Years: Seeing the Moon

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue explores the formation of impact craters....

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Writing and Science Literacy

Students' science literacy can be assessed and enhanced by using writing activities in the science classroom. Students can use technical writing to communicate their lab experiences and creative writing to make connections to the topics they're learn...