Career of the Month: Robotics Engineer

Journal Article | December 2017

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Kevin Dowling's career path to becoming a Robotics Engineer.

Right to the Source: Invention vs. Innovation

Journal Article | December 2017

Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This month's issue discusses the content of photographs of Thomas Edison and Emile Berliner.

Re-Formative Assessment: One Teacher’s Approach to Integrating Science Within Science to Reassess Student Understanding

Journal Article | December 2017

Create open-ended prompts that integrate prior knowledge.

Creating a Positive Feedback Culture: Eight Practical Principles to Improve Students’ Learning

Journal Article | December 2017

Learn how to elicit evidence of student learning, provide effective feedback, and extend student learning beyond the assessment.

Wilderness Water Crisis: Next Generation Science Standards–Aligned Assessments for an Energy Activity

Journal Article | December 2017

Use a real-world scenario to engage in the scientific practice of collecting, analyzing, graphing, and interpreting data.

Integrating Technology: Bringing Science to Life

Journal Article | December 2017

This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. Using social learning to make real-world connections in science.

Teacher’s Toolkit: The Four Elements of the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, and Rebuttal (CERR) Framework

Journal Article | December 2017

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. The CERR framework helps students synthesize science investigations, data analysis, and scientific concepts by having them focus on…

From the Editor’s Desk: Engaging Students in Learning Through Assessment

Journal Article | December 2017

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

Commentary: Installing Glass Walls and Doors in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | December 2017

An opinion piece about a science teacher team framework for improving student achievement.

Citizen Science: Birds, Binoculars, and Biodiversity

Journal Article | December 2017

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. Count birds and contribute to citizen science with the Great Backyard Bird…

Disequilibrium: Why Is Regular Soda Denser Than Diet Soda?

Journal Article | December 2017

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. This month’s discrepant event helps students visualize the difference between the densities of diet and regular soda and learn about the…

Listserv Roundup: Technology tools for paperless formative assessment

Journal Article | December 2017

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. This month’s column focuses on technology tools that NSTA e-mail listserv members use for formative…

Science for All: Encouraging Academic Talk

Journal Article | December 2017

This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. Strategies for engaging all learners in classroom conversations.

Teacher to Teacher: The Steps of a Conceptual Storyline

Journal Article | December 2017

This column provides practical advice from your peers. This month describes the steps involved in writing a conceptual storyline, a sequence of lessons designed to clarify relationships between concepts.

Scope on the Skies: Timely Motions of the Earth and Moon

Journal Article | December 2017

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. During the first few days of January, the Earth reaches perihelion, the closest it will come to the Sun each year. The Earth’s perihelion does not occur on the same…