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Blockbuster Science: Checking our positions
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Media has always played a significant role in shaping education. Visual cues and observable phenomena brought to life on screens or through vivid and engrossing sound effects make science accessible to people in ways…
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Finding Zero: Exploring Mathematical Models with Pendulum Paintings
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Pendulum paintings are fun to make and fascinating to observe in process, but they can be used to model real scientific analysis using messy data. In this activity, students create pendulum paintings and develop an…
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Going Beneath the Surface: Using Socioscientific Issues to Explore Human Impacts on Soil
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Socioscientific issues (SSIs) can help students think about the moral and ethical issues related to science. When SSI issues are based on local phenomena and issues within students’ communities, they can also resonate…
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Geology from a Beaker: Student Activities in Earth Science
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Student activities based on deposition in a beaker introduce Walther’s Law, which states that, if uninterrupted, vertical deposition is duplicated in the horizontal. When gravel, sand, and clay (mud) are stirred in a…
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This article discusses an innovative approach to science education focused on engaging students through authentic learning experiences and hands-on activities. It emphasizes the importance of linking classroom…
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Exploring the Favorites in Science Education Issue
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Editor's Corner
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Teaching about the Critical Role of Key Scientific Institutions
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Fact or Faux?
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Some Physics of Wheels and Tires
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Focus on Physics
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I CAN: Strategies for Rethinking How We Share Objectives
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Teachers are often required to display or explicitly state learning objectives prior to beginning a lesson. In particular, many elementary classrooms are required to post or state “I CAN…” statements related to their…
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Formative Assessment From a Translanguaging Perspective in the NGSS Classroom
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The Next Generation Science Standards hold promise for cultivating the diverse assets that students bring to science learning. One key asset in linguistically diverse science classrooms is translanguaging, or the use of…
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This article presents a tool that teachers can use to support children in planning science investigations. Using an extended example from a second-grade investigation into seed dispersal, we describe strategies for…
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Scaffolding Fourth-graders’ Inquiry about Erosion
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This sequence of lessons has students observing erosion and creating ideas about factors that affect erosion. Then, as a class, students first explore the impact of vegetation on erosion. Then, groups of students more…
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From the Editor
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Science 101
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Summertime fun with Life Science!
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In this issue of Tech Talk, learn about two terrific life science apps, Rewild the World from Google Arts and Culture and Explore.org. Engage your learners in NGSS Science and Engineering practices of Developing and…
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