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Practical Research

Distributing Expertise to Integrate Computational Thinking Practices

Science Scope—March 2020 (Volume 43, Issue 7)

By MICHAEL CASSIDY, ELI TUCKER-RAYMOND, AND GILLIAN PUTTICK

 

Making in the Middle

Making Sense of the Human Body

Science Scope—March 2020 (Volume 43, Issue 7)

By HELENA CASTLE, KIRA LOWERY, AND SHELLY R. RODRIGUEZ

Making Sense of the Human Body

 

Commentary

How STEM Teachers Can Immerse Themselves in the Three Rs Over the Summer

Rejuvenate, Replenish, and Reenergize

Science Scope—March 2020 (Volume 43, Issue 7)

By TRACY VASSILIEV, DOUGLAS J. GARDNER, AND DAVID NEIVANDT

 

Teacher Spotlight

Teacher Spotlight: Jonte Lee

The Science Teacher—March 2020 (Volume 87, Issue 7)

 

career of the month

Sustainable Mobility Expert E.J. Klock-McCook

The Science Teacher—March 2020 (Volume 87, Issue 7)

By Luba Vangelova

Sustainable Mobility Expert E.J. Klock-McCook

 

Current Science Classroom

Novel Coronavirus

What's the Real Story?

The Science Teacher—March 2020 (Volume 87, Issue 7)

By William Reed

Novel Coronavirus

In this secondary-level lesson, students will generate and prioritize questions about the novel coronavirus and evaluate scientific and/or technical information from multiple authoritative sources, assessing the evidence and usefulness of each source for answering their prioritized questions.

In this secondary-level lesson, students will generate and prioritize questions about the novel coronavirus and evaluate scientific and/or technical information from multiple authoritative sources, assessing the evidence and usefulness of each source for answering their prioritized questions.

In this secondary-level lesson, students will generate and prioritize questions about the novel coronavirus and evaluate scientific and/or technical information from multiple authoritative sources, assessing the evidence and usefulness of each source for answering their prioritized questions.

 

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Advancing Alloys

Bringing solid mixtures to the high school classroom

The Science Teacher—March 2020 (Volume 87, Issue 7)

By Christina Polcino, Billyjack Jory, Jean Sabety, Laura Grenot Jones, Jared Ashcroft, and Brandon Rodriguez

Advancing Alloys


The manufacture of metal alloys is ubiquitous, yet infrequently discussed in high school coursework as concepts related to them are often too complex or abstract for beginning science students. However, earlier introduction to metallurgy in classroom settings could promote interest in practical applications of chemistry, physics, and geology due to the demonstrable significance of materials in daily use. Elemental metals with low melting points such as bismuth, zinc and tin are melted down, mixed at various percent compositions, and allowed to solidify. The solidified composites are then broken open to examine resulting internal structures. Changes in physical properties of new compositions are observed, analyzed, and discussed.
Experimental results are the basis for a multi-tiered laboratory experiment for high school chemistry or geoscience courses. From introductory, inquiry-based techniques in chemistry to more advanced concepts in petrology, each lab can be tuned to cover a wide spectrum of multi-dimensional science applications.

 


The manufacture of metal alloys is ubiquitous, yet infrequently discussed in high school coursework as concepts related to them are often too complex or abstract for beginning science students. However, earlier introduction to metallurgy in classroom settings could promote interest in practical applications of chemistry, physics, and geology due to the demonstrable significance of materials in daily use. Elemental metals with low melting points such as bismuth, zinc and tin are melted down, mixed at various percent compositions, and allowed to solidify.

The manufacture of metal alloys is ubiquitous, yet infrequently discussed in high school coursework as concepts related to them are often too complex or abstract for beginning science students. However, earlier introduction to metallurgy in classroom settings could promote interest in practical applications of chemistry, physics, and geology due to the demonstrable significance of materials in daily use. Elemental metals with low melting points such as bismuth, zinc and tin are melted down, mixed at various percent compositions, and allowed to solidify.
 

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Science in Socio-Scientific Issues

Teaching with a timeline activity

The Science Teacher—March 2020 (Volume 87, Issue 7)

By Jaimie A. Foulk, Patricia J. Friedrichsen, and Troy D. Sadler

Science in Socio-Scientific Issues

 

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From Surviving to Thriving

Teaching social emotional learning alongside the NGSS

The Science Teacher—March 2020 (Volume 87, Issue 7)

By Anna Bahnson, Jesse Wilcox, Jerrid Kruse, and Timothy Schou

From Surviving to Thriving

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