Building Bee Houses: Designing and Constructing Solitary Bee Houses for Scientific Investigations

Journal Article | October 2017

Engineer a habitat for pollinators that will increase their numbers and diversity—and answer a student-generated research question.

Out in the Field: Learning About Plant Diversity

Journal Article | October 2017

Use plant-based education to teach students about the environment in which they live.

Teaching NGSS-Aligned Lessons in Science Classrooms

Journal Article | October 2017

Learn to design and present three-dimensional science lessons.

Integrating Technology: Weather Versus Climate

Journal Article | October 2017

This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. Helping middle school students distinguish the differences during an after-school STEM career club.

Teacher's Toolkit: How to Start a STEM Club

Journal Article | October 2017

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue describes the steps (and challenges) involved with implementing an after-school STEM career club that links hands-…

From the Editor’s Desk: Sparking the “Need to Know”

Journal Article | October 2017

Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.

Citizen Science: Where the Wildlife Are

Journal Article | October 2017

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. See wildlife and do science with eMammal.

Disequilibrium: Exploring Buoyancy and Density with Cartesian Divers

Journal Article | October 2017

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions.In this month’s column, students design and test Cartesian divers.

Listserv Roundup: Technology tools for a paperless classroom

Journal Article | October 2017

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics.This month shares how to create a paperless classroom.

Science For All: Planning and Preparing Your Students With Special Needs

Journal Article | October 2017

This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. This issue presents a few suggestions to help your students with ADHD and autism benefit from a field trip.

Teacher To Teacher: Teaching With Learning Cycles and Storylines

Journal Article | October 2017

This column provides practical advice from your peers. This issue discusses how to frame the learning cycle around a storyline.

Scope on the Skies: Measuring the Universe

Journal Article | October 2017

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses how to measure how far away galaxies are.

Preparing Preservice K–8 Teachers for the Public School: Improving Evolution Attitudes, Misconceptions, and Legal Confusion

Journal Article | October 2017

The study in this article examines the effectiveness of a curriculum on preservice teachers’ attitudes and knowledge of evolution and legalities of teaching it.

Impact of a Robert Noyce Scholarship on STEM Teacher Recruitment

Journal Article | October 2017

Funding from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program supports the University of Portland Noyce Scholars and Interns Program (University of Portland Noyce Program). This study examined the first 3 years of the…

Using Clickers for Deliberate Practice in Five Large Science Courses

Journal Article | October 2017

Clickers are often used as an active learning tool in face-to-face classes to enhance student engagement and assess student learning. In this article the authors share the variety of ways they use clicker questions to…