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  • Citizen Science: Power Up Science Learning With NOVA’s Energy Lab

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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. This month's column will help teachers transform science learning from passive…

  • Disequilibrium: A Human Circuit

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    This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. This month’s discrepant event involves creating a human circuit using gadgets.

  • Listserv Roundup: Getting Smart With Energy

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    This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. NSTA's Physical Science listserv members recently discussed information about energy and its…

  • Science for All: Empowering Students Through Collaboration

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    This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. This month's column provides strategies for grouping students to increase their productivity, accountability, engagement, and performance levels, while…

  • Teacher to Teacher: Predicting, Explaining, and Observing Thermal Energy Transfer

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    This column provides practical advice from your peers. This month's columnn discusses using the Mixing Water formative assessment probe from Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Vol. 2 to determine student thinking…

  • Scope on the Skies: Studying Rings Around the Sun

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    This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses asteroids and moons.

  • Core Values

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    Students study sediment cores to learn about climate in the past.

  • Measuring CO2

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    Students learn firsthand how thawing permafrost adds to global warming.

  • Turning Into Ice

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    Teaching biological ice nucleation and the global water cycle.

  • Modeling Chromosomes

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    Building paper chromosomes to help understand five key terms in genetics.

  • Editor's Corner: Authentic Science Practices

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

  • Commentary: Proactive Leadership

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    An opinion piece about how reform in science education is appearing on multiple fronts.

  • Science 2.0: Developing the Knowledge Constructor

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    This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses the ISTE’s Knowledge Constructor standard.

  • Focus on Physics: How E = mc2 Helps Us Understand Nuclear Fission and Fusion

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    This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. Nuclear physics has an undeserved reputation for being tough for students. This article may reduce this “toughness” by showing how Einstein’s…

  • Health Wise: Keeping Track of Sugar

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    Students study sediment cores to learn about climate in the past. Students learn how to read Nutrition Facts labels to learn how much sugar is in a food item.

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