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Challenge students to design a spacesuit that can maintain a safe temperature for astronauts who are working in space.
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Use an NGSS-based lesson to help students understand what causes solar eclipses.
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Skynet Junior Scholars: Authentic Astronomy for All, Including Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students
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Build a portfolio of resources to use with students who have difficulty accessing the dense terminology and concepts often found in astronomy.
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Moving Students Toward a More Accurate View of the Solar System
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Use technology to collect data that students can use to model and better understand the solar system.
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Confront students’ misconceptions about the Earth–Sun system with this collection of activities.
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12
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Recently published books selected by the Children’s Book Council and the National Science Teachers Association.
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From the Editor's Desk: When a Shadow Sheds Light
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Commentary: Science Teachers as Community Eclipse Outreach Agents
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An opinion piece about using science teachers as a link to the community.
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Citizen Science: Out of this World Citizen Science—Sun, Space, and Your Mission: Starlight
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This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. Mission: Starlight is a global experiment from the Royal Society of Chemistry…
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Disequilibrium: The Bernoulli Bag
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This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. Students explore pressure and the Bernoulli principle with a Bernoulli Bag.
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Listserv Roundup: Four Stellar Modeling Resources for Those Who Teach About the Sun and Solar System
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This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. The author focuses on the NGSS crosscutting concept of Systems and System Models and uses the…
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Scope on the Skies: Beyond Earth’s Orbit
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses orbits and which planets can be seen in the sky right now.
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Science for All: Helping Students Succeed by Preteaching Content-Area Vocabulary
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This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. In this article the authors discuss why teaching vocabulary is so important and explain how to identify key terms. They also introduce strategies that are…
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Teacher to Teacher: Tackling Misconceptions About Seasons
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This column provides practical advice from your peers. The author uses data and computer simulations to clear up misconceptions because students can study several locations in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres over…
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The solar eclipse this August is an ideal opportunity to practice three-dimensional science learning.
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