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Citizen Science: Power Up Science Learning With NOVA’s Energy Lab

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. This mont...

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Disequilibrium: A Human Circuit

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. This month’s discrepant event involves creating a human circuit using gad...

Middle School Physical Science 5E Inquiry Phenomena

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Listserv Roundup: Getting Smart With Energy

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. NSTA's Physical Science listser...

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Science for All: Empowering Students Through Collaboration

This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. This month's column provides strategies for grouping students to increase their produ...

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Teacher to Teacher: Predicting, Explaining, and Observing Thermal Energy Transfer

This column provides practical advice from your peers. This month's columnn discusses using the Mixing Water formative assessment probe from Uncoverin...

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Scope on the Skies: Studying Rings Around the Sun

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses asteroids and moons....

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Core Values

Students study sediment cores to learn about climate in the past....

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Measuring CO2

Students learn firsthand how thawing permafrost adds to global warming....

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Turning Into Ice

Teaching biological ice nucleation and the global water cycle....

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Modeling Chromosomes

Building paper chromosomes to help understand five key terms in genetics....

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Editor's Corner: Authentic Science Practices

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

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Commentary: Proactive Leadership

An opinion piece about how reform in science education is appearing on multiple fronts....

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Science 2.0: Developing the Knowledge Constructor

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses the ISTE’s Knowledge Constructor standard....

High School Technology Instructional Materials Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Research

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Focus on Physics: How E = mc2 Helps Us Understand Nuclear Fission and Fusion

This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. Nuclear physics has an undeserved reputation for being tough for students. T...

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Health Wise: Keeping Track of Sugar

Students study sediment cores to learn about climate in the past. Students learn how to read Nutrition Facts labels to learn how much sugar is in a fo...