Science Scope is an award-winning, peer-reviewed, practitioners' journal for grade 6–8 teachers, university faculty responsible for teacher preparation, and state and district science supervisors and leaders. Science Scope issues are published electronically six times a year. We hope you will consider writing a manuscript for Science Scope to interest our readers and enhance middle school science teaching. NSTA offers no remuneration for published articles.

We seek manuscripts that detail innovative, classroom-tested middle school science activities and strategies that demonstrate current research regarding the teaching and learning of science as in the Framework for K–12 Science Education.

Editor Patty McGinnis

Managing Editor Peter Lindeman

Chief Executive Officer Bob Lay

EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD

Kathy Biernat (2026-2029)

John Burns (2026-2028)

Sarah  Fogelman (2026-2027)

Amanda Garner (2026-2027)

Casandra Gonzalez (2026-2028)

Jonathan Griffith (2026-2027)

Nicole Hesson (2026-2028)

Rebecca Hite (2026-2028)

Kristin Hunter-Thomson (2026-2029)

Eika Johnson (2026-2027)

Kenneth King (2026-2029)

Andrew McLaren (2026-2027)

Vanashri Nargund (2026-2028)

Lizette Navarrete-Burks (2026-2029)

Julia Ossler (2026-2028)

Anne Farley Schoeffler (2026-2029)

Brian Terry (2026-2027)

Jamal Uddin, MD (2026-2027)