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Commentary: The Cost of Teacher Turnover in Math and Science
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Personnel turnovers can create instability for students, schools, and school districts. What are the costs of these changes? What are the causes of these changes? What information can research contribute to…
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The IMSCI model for scaffolding writing in language arts can be used with a science notebook. To illustrate how this model can be used in an early elementary classroom, the authors descirbe a six-week unit for first…
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Editor’s Roundtable: Classroom management à la Goldilocks
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Classroom management is a difficult balancing act. Like Goldilocks, teachers should sample all the classroom management techniques available to them to find the ones that are “just right” for their classroom. Therefore…
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Two university educators and a sixth-grade teacher collaborated to create and implement a five-day engineering unit that incorporated both mathematics and science concepts and hands-on learning. In this series of…
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Learning Together: Understanding and appreciating students' cultural backgrounds
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Understanding and appreciating students’ cultural backgrounds facilitate learning in a Department of Defense (DoD) science classroom. Diversity in the science classroom is both a challenge and an opportunity—a challenge…
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Editor's Roundtable: A Tough Climate for Teachers
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Science Sampler: Bringing scientific inquiry alive using real grass shrimp research
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This lesson was developed for middle school students using actual research on grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) to illustrate the process of a scientific investigation. The research was conducted at Savannah State…
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Methods and Strategies: Interactive Technology Strategies
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue describes how to nuture the language of science among English language learners.
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Early on in the study of physical science, students must grasp concepts associated with the periodic table. A perfect way to introduce periodicity and periodic groups is by using paint chip color samples. The color…
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Factors Influencing Undergraduate Student-Teacher Interactions
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A survey was conducted with undergraduate students, ranging from freshmen to seniors, who are currently enrolled at Philadelphia University to identify variables affecting classroom interactions. Data were examined…
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Scope on the Skies: The icy fringes
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Beyond Neptune and to the edge of the solar system is what is collectively known as the trans-Neptunian region, and objects in this region are sometimes referred to as TNOs. They are considered to be pristine remnants…
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Editor's Note: Investigating Water (Summer 2007)
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Water is a major world currency and continues to be critical for all. We can figure out how to live without oil but it is quite a cumbersome task to consider living without water. In this month’s installment of the…
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From A Bird’s Eye View: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Migration
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Inspiring students to learn about birds can be a daunting task—students see birds just about every day and often don’t think twice about them. The activity described here is designed to excite students to “become” birds…
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Scope on Safety: Have a safe trip!
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Science safety isn’t just a set of rules. It requires common sense and that teacher intuition that helps us predict what might happen when we least expect it. To that end, this month’s column offers some practical…
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Leaders at a nature museum share their knowledge of how to structure a learning environment to guide children's development of science skills. They also created a classroom self-assessment tool for early childhood and…
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