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Guest Editorial: Reflections on a Classroom Managed Through Inquiry: Moving Past "Nondiscipline"

An opinion piece about how class management using inquiry engages students in meaningful science activities and effectively reduces discipline problems....

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Green Science: Fracking Fury

This column focuses on issues related to environmentally friendly and sustainable science. This month’s issue discusses the pros and cons of hydraulic fracturing used in gas production....

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Reconstructing Environmental Change Using Lake Varves as a Climate Proxy

This article describes an investigative activity in which eighth-grade students reconstructed past environmental change in the New England area using data from lake varves in central Vermont to examine evidence of climate change....

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Engaging Students in Scientific Practices: What Does Constructing and Revising Models Look Like in the Science Classroom?

In this article, the authors look in-depth at scientific practice number 2—developing, evaluating, and revising scientific models to explain and predict phenomena—and what it means for classroom teaching. ...

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The Sixth Great Mass Extinction

This article explains the first five great mass extinctions, the current great mass extinction, and the human activities and rates of species extinction associated with the current extinction....

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Generating Arguments About Climate Change

Students participate in a unit on global climate change by engaging in the process of scientific argumentation. The lessons presented in this article were created using the generate-an-argument model to help students understand climate change science...

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Springing Into Inquiry: Using Student Ideas to Investigate Seasons

Explore student misconceptions to get behind the true reason for the seasons....

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Outward Bound to the Galaxies—One Step at a Time

Make the unimaginable scale of the galaxy comprehensible with this activity that explores Earth's place in the universe....

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Everyday Engineering: Increase Your <i>v</i> to lower your <i>D</i>

This column provides an inside look at the marvels of engineering in everyday life. This issue uses a 5E learning cycle to discuss life jackets—how they were designed and the physics of how they work....

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National Astronomy Day: Bringing the Universe to Your Students

The authors discuss National Astronomy Day and demonstrate how to successfully bring astronomy into the school. Browse this collection of ideas for "bringing astronomy to the people."...

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Scope on the Skies: Drawkcab stenalp

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses retrograde motion and models of the solar system....