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Editor's Roundtable: Math and Science: Finding Common Ground
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Integrating Science and Engineering Practices in an Inquiry-Based Lesson on Wind-Powered Cars
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Construct a wind-powered car to reinforce science content and practices.
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Hypotheses of population genetics are derived and tested by students in the introductory genetics laboratory classroom as they explore the effects of biotic variables (physical traits of fruit flies) and abiotic…
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Idea Bank: Melting a Misconception
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The following lab was originally designed to teach the importance of manipulating a single variable in an experiment. However, the lab also dispels a common misconception, teaches the value of following lab instructions…
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Most of us have experienced the frustration of limited school science budgets, and many of us have had to resort to repeatedly dipping into our own personal funds to finance the material needs of our classrooms. With a…
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Partners in Crime: Integrating Forensic Science and Writing
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Partners is Crime is a project-based initiative, funded by various sources, including the Toyota Tapestry grant, which strives to keep education interesting while closing the achievement gap through collaborations with…
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Teacher’s Toolkit: A blueprint for cultivating inquiry
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Scientific inquiry, a methodology that can trace its roots back to the time and teachings of Socrates, has been an elusive and evolving part of our education lexicon for many years. The Socratic approach to teaching, in…
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This article provides three practical approaches to increase reading-to-learn competencies and student science achievement. These approaches also provide valuable information about student understanding of content.
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Scope on Safety: Is Greener Cleaner?
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses cleaning the laboratory with green cleaners.
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Dinosaurs in the middle school classroom can be exciting. These extinct reptiles are both an exotic subject and familiar to our students. Because students are inherently interested, dinosaurs can serve as an effective…
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Middle school students in a rural Illinois school visualized and learned more about landforms after making a relief model from a topographic map. They achieved a deeper understanding of topography as the representation…
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Case Study: Applying Newton's Third Law of Motion in the Gravitron Ride
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this month’s issue students learn about centripetal and frictional…
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Science 101: Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
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On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto was no longer a planet, but rather a "dwarf planet". Our understanding of the solar system has not undergone any radical changes, our…
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Favorite Demonstration: Illustrating Heterochrony and Heterotopy
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This article describes an inexpensive, simple method using balloons to demonstrate heterochrony and heterotopy in the classroom. The method can be used to supplement lectures and assigned readings for a course,…
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The Golden Age of Islam and Science Teaching
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The National Science Education Standards recognize that students could greatly benefit from learning the relationship of science to mathematics and to technology. Helping teachers, preservice teachers, and students…
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