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  • Tried and True: What's the Matter? Looking Beyond the Macroscopic

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    This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue describes a lesson in which students have concrete learning experiences to help them construct their own meaning to gain a…

  • Scope on Safety: Safety in Numbers

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    This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses how crowded conditions affect instructional effectiveness, lab safety, and teacher liability.

  • Scope on the Skies: Mars Meets MAVEN and MOM

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    This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses two spacecraft that will enter orbits around Mars to observe the planet's atmosphere and environment.

  • Using Mobile Devices in Field Science

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    A herpetology research experience to build students' 21st-century skills.

  • Lights and Larvae

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    Using optogenetics to teach recombinant DNA and neurobiology.

  • Going Viral

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    Using laptops, flash drives, and YouTube videos to model the structure and function of viruses.

  • Cellulose Breakdown

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    Investigations into making liquid fuel from plant biomass.

  • Supporting Newly Hired Science Teachers

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    Using research to inform practice.

  • Editor's Corner: Science Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century

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    The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.

  • Science 2.0: Expanding Google in the Classroom

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    This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue describes potentially transformative tools offered by Google.

  • The Green Room: Too Much of a Good Thing

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    This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue offers several eutrophication lesson plans.

  • The New Teacher's Toolbox: Engaging Them Early

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    This column shares tips for teachers just beginning their career. This month’s issue offers some first-week ideas for building engagment early and setting students up for an exciting year of science.

  • Health Wise: Preventing Teen Suicide

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    This Q&A style column provides up-to-date information on current health topics—helping students (and teachers) make healthy choices. This month’s issue discusses suicide and offers an activity for the classroom.

  • Safer Science: Chemical Storeroom Cleanout

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    This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue offers guidelines for cleaning the chemical storeroom.

  • Career of the Month: Roboticist

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    This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Matthias Scheutz's career path to becoming a roboticist.

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