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  • Catching Waves: Making Wave Prints to Introduce Wave Properties

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    Use a water tank to create and capture standing waves as part of an activity that explores wave properties through modeling, measurement, and mathematics.

  • The Wonders of Terrestrial Isopods

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    Curl up for an in-depth look at the roly poly pillbug.

  • Editor's Roundtable: The "Magic" of PS4

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

  • Teacher's Toolkit: Differentiating Inquiry

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    This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s column describes how to differentiate a density investigation for variations in student readiness by varying the level of…

  • Tried and True: Songs in Service of Science

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    This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue describes the technique of singing songs to teach vocabulary and key facts for a variety of science topics.

  • Scope on Safety: Wave Warnings

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    This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses safety when using equipment that is used to provide students with a better understanding of light, sound, and wave energy.

  • Scope on the Skies: The Sound of Sound

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    This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses sound in space.

  • All Screwed Up

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    A game of nuts and bolts designed to help students discover chemical kinetics

  • Theories, Laws, and Hypotheses

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    Teaching overarching science concepts through gas laws and kinetic molecular theory.

  • Bill's Box

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    A simple and effective approach to stoichiometry

  • From Cars to Creatures

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    Converting analogies into student-centered activities

  • Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier: A "Climate Canary"?

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    Using atmospheric and oceanic processes and the poles to teach the climate system.

  • Editor's Corner: Chemistry Instruction in the Era of the NGSS

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

  • Science 2.0: Designing Your Course Like a Video Game

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    This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses gamification, which is the practice of applying game mechanics to nongame situations, and how it is being used as an instructional design…

  • The Green Room: Good Ozone, Bad Ozone

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    This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses the types of ozone.

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