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Scope on the Skies: Summer Space Missions
This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue focuses on various upcoming space missions....
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NSTA Recommends reviewers present a summer reading list....
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Enhance Nature Exploration With Technology
This article describes using technology as a tool to provide and enhance students' connection with nature. Students use digital photography of nature to tell a story....
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Adaptable Inquiry-Based Activities About National Patterns of Coal and Energy Use
This lesson about our nation's electricity resources contains inquiry-based lessons designed to deepen students' understanding of key Earth science issues....
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Green Science: The Keystone XL Pipeline
An opinion piece about a proposed oil pipeline....
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Using Google Earth to Teach Plate Tectonics and Science Explanations
The author describes the Cyber-Enabled Earth Exploration Curriculum. Using this curriculum, students progress from making simple observations in the Google Earth environment to creating their own data files and overlays to evaluate and visualize data...
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More Than Just Guessing: The Difference Between Prediction and Hypothesis
The author discusses the different meanings of the words prediction and hypothesis. Recognizing the difference can help students approach the inquiry experience in a way that teaches them to communicate their reasoning and rationales. Better understa...
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Engaging Students in the Scientific Practices of Explanation and Argumentation
This article examines the sixth and seventh practices concerning explanation and argumentation, found in A Framework for K–12 Science Education....
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An Integrated Instructional Approach to Facilitate Inquiry in the Classroom
In this article we provide an approach that integrates the Know-Learn-Evidcence-Wonder (KLEW) instructional teaching strategy within the 7E learning-cycle model to help teachers immerse students in a range of inquiry-based science experiences—parti...
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Editor's Roundtable: Puzzled by Assessment?
Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Scope on Safety: OSHA's Newest Lab Resources
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses OSHA's new publication Laboratory Safety Guidance....