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  • Citizen Science: Clouds in the Classroom

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    This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. With Students’ Cloud Observations On-Line (S’COOL), you can bring the science…

  • Disequilibrium: Forming Clouds in the Classroom

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    This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. This month’s discrepant event allows students to model condensation, the portion of the hydrologic cycle in which water vapor condenses into…

  • Teacher to Teacher: Phenomenal Engagement

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    This column provides practical advice from your peers. One way to engage middle school students is through the use of relevant scientific phenomena. A scientific phenomenon is something (such as an interesting fact or…

  • Listserv Roundup: Finding and Saving Earth Science Resources

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    This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. Learn about Earth science resources on NSTA e-mail listservs where there is an abundance of teacher-…

  • Science for All: Literacy Engagement and Its Role in the Science Classroom

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    This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. This month's issues describes how to choose content-area reading materials with purpose.

  • Scope on the Skies: Connected Computing

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    This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses how students can partake in scientific research through distributed computing, where the computing for a research project is done on a…

  • The Art-Science Connection

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    Students create art inspired by extracurricular lab investigations.

  • Science and Art in the National Parks

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    Celebrating the centennial of the U.S. National Park Service.

  • Getting an A in STEM

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    Beginning a STEAM collaboration between art and chemistry students.

  • Sculpting the Barnyard Gene Pool

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    Immersing students in the science and engineering of chicken genetics and hatcheries.

  • Measuring Metabolism

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    Examining the effects of temperature on the metabolic rates of beetles.

  • Editor's Corner: Science and the Arts

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    The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.

  • Science 2.0: Students as Empowered Learners

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    This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses the Empowered Learner standard, which requires that “students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving, and…

  • Focus on Physics: Skateboard Physics

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    This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. This month's issue uses physics to explain a skateboard move.

  • Health Wise: If Students Injure Their Heads

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    This Q&A style column provides up-to-date information on current health topics—helping students (and teachers) make healthy choices. This month’s issue discusses what happens when students get concussions.

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