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Everyday Engineering: Clips and Clamps
This column provides an inside look at the marvels of engineering in everyday life. In this 5E learning cycle lesson, students investigate the design of simple, everyday binder clips and how they function....
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Scope on Safety: Test Your Metal (Safety Knowledge)
This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the safety of various metals commonly used in middle school science lab activities....
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This activity introduces students to the pros and cons of a renewable energy source, allowing them to experience how energy can change form from mechanical to electrical. Pairs of students are challenged to build a set of wind turbine blades that wil...
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Tried and True: Energy Scavenger Hunt
This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue describes an activity that was designed for our eighth-grade physics class to teach the concepts of how electricity is made and transported to the home...
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Teaching About Heat and Temperature Using an Investigative Demonstration
This short and cost-effective lesson helps middle grade students learn about the transfer of thermal energy. The lesson comprises three activities: a predict-share-observe-explain sequence of instruction that elicits students' conceptions and piques ...
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Students design a vehicle made entirely out of pasta and hot glue to explore motion and force concepts....
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Editor's Roundtable: A Positive Force in my Classroom
Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Scientific and Engineering Practices in K–12 Classrooms
The author presents the science and engineering practices from the recently released A Framework for K–12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas....
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Students build their own generator to study the transfer of energy. The generator activity allows students to observe electrical effects without using a battery or power supply....
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Editor's Roundtable: All Teachers Can Learn From Special Education Practices
Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Tried and True: Osmosis and Diffusion Through a Semipermeable Membrane
This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue covers engaging ways to help students understand the concepts of osmosis and diffusion and semipermeable membranes in cells....
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Interactive Word Walls: Transforming Content Vocabulary Instruction
The authors implement an interactive word wall to support vocabulary development in science students, especially ELL students....
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Three Keys to Success in Science for Students With Learning Disabilities
Students with learning disabilities often need additional supports and structure in inquiry classrooms. The authors describe three ways teachers can enhance the achievement of these students: focusing on big ideas, using graphic organizers, and provi...