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Scope on Safety: Digging up the dirt on soil safety

Should middle school science teachers be concerned about students bringing in unknown sources of soil to work on in class as the activity suggests? The science is well intended, but is it safe? What are some possible safety issues that might be of co...

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Methods and Strategies: Using Learning Progressions to Monitor Progress Across Grades

Learning progressions (LPs)—descriptive continuums of how students develop and demonstrate more sophisticated understanding over time—have become an increasingly important tool in today’s science classrooms. Here the author discusses some of th...