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From "Adding Inquiry" to "Doing Science"
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Students get outside and wonder about trees. This leads to many questions, and one particularly interesting one: "Why do leaves change color?" Student inquiry guides and empowers this investigation!
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Editor’s Roundtable: Life in balance
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The connection between the functions and processes of an organism’s body system and its survival is a fundamental concept that all students need to understand. This issue of Science Scope presents a collection of…
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Idea Bank: Inquiry and the Collapsing Can
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The Collapsing Can demonstration has reached classic status for illustrating pressure and properties of gases for students of all ages. But how effective is this demonstration for promoting learning? How can it be…
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As science teachers at a suburban California high school, the authors were concerned about the lab report conclusions written by their upper-level chemistry, biology, and ecology students—which were consistently of poor…
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Intended as a contest to promote teamwork and encourage innovative thinking with a focus on nutrition, the Lunch Box Derby challenges fourth- and fifth-grades students to design, build, and race cars made from fresh…
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Searching for the Perfect Lesson: Teaching evolution to a diverse biology class
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In a heterogeneous class, where students have different experiences and abilities, many activities can involve students at various levels. In this article, a high school biology teacher constantly seeks to improve the…
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A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed: A Case Study on Human Respiratory Physiology
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The dynamics of oxygen transport by the blood can be a particularly difficult topic for students to grasp. A directed case study about carbon monoxide poisoning was designed to help deepen student understanding of the…
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Preschool children explore matter and complete a solution-making lesson in which they categorize substances (water, sugar, and lemon juice) and mix them together to make a change (lemonade).
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Use popular media to enhance instruction of simple machines and energy transfer. Popular culture can foster active thinking at key points in a lesson sequence, such as introductory pretest, formative review, homework…
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To encourage critical thinking and improve scientific literacy, the author created an open-inquiry lab experience that students work on three to four times a year based on major content shifts that students explore (…
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A laboratory exercise for an introductory environmental course was developed to give students service learning opportunities and to gather environmental data on academic buildings. This project was a valuable assessment…
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K—12 (Books Published in 2007: Science Scope)
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Each of these outstanding selections defies the traditional image of a child “curling up with a good book.” Yes, they can be a source of great personal reading, encouraging students of all ages to stretch their skills…
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Schoolyard Inquiry for English Language Learners
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This article presents outdoor inquiry activities to help English Language Learner (ELL) students learn life science concepts. Through inductive outings, nature journaling, and multicultural gardening, beginner and…
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Scope on the Skies: Winter viewing
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue gives information on the opportunities for observing our solar system during the winter months.
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The kids in today’s classrooms spend lots of time playing video games, surfing the net, listening to iPods, and text messaging on cell phones. Known as Digital Kids and the Net Generation, they have grown up surrounded…
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