Listserv Roundup: Four Essential Strategies for Differentiating Science Lessons

Journal Article | October 2016

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. In this month’s column, the author focuses on the general differentiation advice shared via the NSTA…

Teacher to Teacher: Instructional Scaffolds Can Support Students

Journal Article | October 2016

This column provides practical advice from your peers. The author discusses two scaffolds that she uses to support student writing: writing frames and graphic organizers.

Scope on the Skies: The Historic Stars in Our Skies

Journal Article | October 2016

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses the luminosity, or apparent brightness, of some stars as seen from Earth.

Materials Science and the Problem of Garbage

Journal Article | October 2016

Where does all that stuff go?

Learning From the Fruit Fly

Journal Article | October 2016

A card game for teaching Mendel’s laws, meiosis, and Punnett squares.

Settling the Score

Journal Article | October 2016

Exploring the historic debate over atomic bonding.

The Microscopic World of Diatoms

Journal Article | October 2016

Students collect stream water to study a biological indicator that can help detect pollution.

Editor’s Corner: Growing Mountains of Trash

Journal Article | October 2016

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

Science 2.0: When Students Become Digital Citizens

Journal Article | October 2016

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month, the authors discuss the Digital Citizen standard where “students(will) recognize the rights, responsibilities, and opportunities of living, learning, and…

Focus on Physics: The Moon Is Falling!

Journal Article | October 2016

This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. This month's column describes the sideways motion of tangential velocity, which keeps the Moon and all artificial Earth satellites falling around…

The Green Room: Losing Sight of Our Stars

Journal Article | October 2016

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses light pollution and the different activities to investigate this problem.

Health Wise: Too Many Teens Have High Cholesterol

Journal Article | October 2016

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 teens and cholesterol.

Idea Bank: Measurement by the Numbers

Journal Article | October 2016

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank discusses how to train students in measurement.

Career of the Month: Conservation Scientist

Journal Article | October 2016

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Lilian Pintea's career path to becoming a conservation scientist.

Right to the Source: A Slightly Damaged House

Journal Article | October 2016

Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This month's issue discusses the Johnstown Flood using a photograph.