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Turn your classroom into a candy factory to help students gain an understanding of cell organelles in a meaningful context. Students compare the cell’s structures and functions to something that all students can relate…
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Safer Science: The Safety Legal Paper Trail
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To avoid the potential for litigation, teachers need to be informed. They must know how to prevent accidents and should be proactive to protect both themselves and students from harm in the classroom. The following…
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Designed for use with small groups in an introductory geology class, this case study allows students to determine the relationship between sinkhole development and groundwater levels in Orlando, Florida. Students then…
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To help teachers meet the need for a challenging inquiry-based science for high school students, particularly basic level integrated science, Cornell University developed a program called Environmental Inquiry (EI). The…
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Editor's Roundtable: Rock-Solid Standards
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Point of View: The Color of Blood
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This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue discusses teacher and student misconceptions related to blood and other science information.
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The Prepared Practitioner: Constructivism and Conceptual Change, Part I
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Constructivism is the basis for standards, inquiry-based instruction, and a candidate for buzzword of the decade. But what is constructivism? This month’s column provides the answer to this thought-provoking question,…
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Coffee Can Speakers: Amazing Energy Transformers
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We live with a dizzying array of electronic devices—cell phones, mp3 players, and DVD players to name a few. Students can operate them with amazing ease, but what do they really know about the basic science concepts…
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Idea Bank: Building Block Transcription
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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank features the structure of DNA and how it can be explored in various ways and how teachers can choose from…
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Speaking of Science: Invite Speakers From Your Community to Bring the Science Curriculum to Life
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Reach out to science profressionals in your community to explore how science is used in a variety of careers.
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In this article, the teacher moves from a lecture-oriented classroom to a student-centered classroom by redesigning the unit on gas laws based on the five phases of the 5E instructional model—engagement, exploration,…
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Playful Activities for Young Children: Assessment tasks with low reading and writing demands
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Alternative assessments in science instruction have been developed for the upper elementary grades but are limited in the area of early childhood instruction. Because younger children have limited abilities in reading…
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Evidence from Apollo: How science teachers can show students that humans have landed on the Moon
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Did we really land on the Moon? How do we know? The "conspiracy theory" which says that astronauts did not land on the Moon is largely based on photographic evidence and does not mention the samples brought back from…
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Methods and Strategies: "Inquirize" Your Teaching
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The basic elements of inquiry include: ask a question, conduct an investigation, make observations and collect data, use data to develop an explanation, and communicate results. The 5E learning cycle model is very…
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In this article, the authors present a sequence of activities from a curriculum about light for third and fourth graders that supports students in learning to disagree like scientists. This sequence of activities helps…
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