Let’s Invent!

Journal Article | January 2019

Invention activities are creative, engaging, and relevant ways to integrate engineering design into science class. High school students are capable of creating working prototypes of real, patentable inventions when they…

Formatively Assessing NGSS

Journal Article | January 2019

Three models of formative assessment for addressing NGSS domains

Proxy Climatology

Journal Article | January 2019

Using proxy data to make claims about climate change

Focus on Physics: Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 1

Journal Article | January 2019

Motion is best learned by keeping it simple—by neglecting the effects of air resistance, as well as the effects of buoyancy, spin, and the shape of moving objects.

Right to the Source: Learning to Think

Journal Article | January 2019

Jacob Abbott's 1856 book "Learning to Think" and why it still resonates today

Career of the Month: An interview with paleontologist Emily Lindsey

Journal Article | January 2019

Paleontologists study past life on Earth, usually focusing on what happened before the Holocene Epoch (about 12,000 years ago.)

Cougars and Bears and Wolves, Oh Elk!

Journal Article | January 2019

Examine how the reintroduction of gray wolves into Yellowstone affected the ecosystem of the park.

Is Our Water Safe to Drink?

Journal Article | January 2019

Explore how human activity impacts our water supply.

Investigating Bark Beetle Outbreaks

Journal Article | January 2019

Model and explain the cause of recent bark beetle outbreaks.

Using Storylines to Support Three-Dimensional Learning in Project-Based Science

Journal Article | January 2019

Making in the Middle: Robots and Sequences

Journal Article | January 2019

This column explores maker spaces, engineering, and more. This article presents a lesson that allows students to engage with robotics as they work through three modules exploring sequences.

Practical Research: Sound Practices in Climate Change Education

Journal Article | January 2019

This column describes strategies for applying best research-based practices. This article provides three strategies for promoting effective climate change education.

Teacher's Toolkit: Using the Five Practices to Facilitate a Meaningful Discussion on Plate Tectonics in a Middle School Classroom

Journal Article | January 2019

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This issue explains how you can encourage abstract reasoning and scientific thinking through a Five Practices Discussion.

From the Editor's Desk: Stability and Change—Integral to Systems

Journal Article | January 2019

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

Citizen Science: Plant Phenology for Budding Biologists

Journal Article | January 2019

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data.