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Disequilibrium: Layered Liquids

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. Students may hold onto the misconception that all liquids naturally combine...

Middle School General Science Physical Science 5E Inquiry Phenomena

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Listserv Roundup: Ways to Increase Math Confidence in Science Class

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. There are many effective ways t...

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Science for All: Making Science Visible

This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. Students need ways to create visual structures for information they’re learning so ...

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Teacher to Teacher: Analyzing Data With Mean Absolute Deviation

This column provides practical advice from your peers. Teachers need to emphasize that when analyzing and interpreting data, multiple trials produce ...

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Scope on the Skies: The Universe, From Micro to Macro

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. Some middle school students may have trouble understanding subatomic particles and neutrinos, b...

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No Puedo

“I don’t get it.” Assisting Spanglish-speaking students in the science classroom....

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Supporting Students With Autism

A lesson embedded with strategies addressing students with autism spectrum disorder....

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Seeing Science

Visually impaired students can conduct independent science investigations....

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The Science Standards and Students of Color

Finding classroom approaches that work....

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Students as Environmental Educators

Science students conduct a program for preschoolers to raise awareness of pollution in a local creek....

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Editor's Corner: Huddled Masses

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

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Commentary: Going Beyond the Textbook

An opinion piece discusses why students need to see connections between science learning and their experiences and cultures....

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Science 2.0: Communicating Science Creatively

This column shares web tools that support learning. The authors have been covering the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standa...

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The Green Room: How Border Walls Affect Wildlife

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses how the proposed wall along the U.S.–Mexic...

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Focus on Physics: The Delightful Catenary Curve

The author uses the curve called a catenary to explain how he teaches about tension and compression related to geometrical structures such as bridges,...