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Engineering Encounters: An Engineering Design Process for Early Childhood

This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue shares information about trying (again) to engineer an ...

Early Childhood

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Methods and Strategies: Put Your Walls to Work

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses planning and using interactive word walls t...

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Editor's Note: Meeting the Challenges of Communicating Science

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

NGSS Literacy

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“Accelerating” Science Learning With Reading

Use close reading to explore the physical science topics of force, motion, and acceleration....

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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Gene Therapy

Integrate T-W-L-H-Q, Word Splash, and discussion-based literacy strategies into a genetics unit....

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Learning to Read Science

Explore the unique challenges students face when reading science texts....

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Using Place-Based, Structured Inquiry to Motivate At-Risk Students

Engage students with real-world activities that address the needs of the school, community, and region....

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From the Editor's Desk: Speaking Up for All

Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Classic Lessons 2.0: Science Cafés

This column shares updated perennial classroom favorites. An affordable, easy-to-implement model that introduces young girls to STEM-related topics, c...

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Teacher's Toolkit: Rocking Out Science!

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue describes how to use music videos to engage ...

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Citizen Science: Fly Into Schoolyard Citizen Science With eBird

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

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Disequilibrium: Edible Candles

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. Students must distinguish between observations and inferences. This month�...

Middle School General Science 5E Phenomena

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Science for All: Accessibility at the Onset

This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. By beginning class with a task that the majority of students will be able to complete...

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Listserv Roundup: Four Essential Strategies for Differentiating Science Lessons

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. In this month’s column, the a...

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Teacher to Teacher: Instructional Scaffolds Can Support Students

This column provides practical advice from your peers. The author discusses two scaffolds that she uses to support student writing: writing frames and...