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A High-Stakes-Test Intervention: Moon-Phase Models as Viewed from Earth and Space

Schools are under increasing pressure to meet accountability requirements and show growth in student achievement across tested content areas. As a res...

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Science Sampler: Putting the science back in the science fair

Despite the value of a science fair, the reality is that students often consult the internet to find a science fair topic. This usually means that the...

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Tried and True: Population 75 trillion: Cells, organelles, and their functions

Students are often required just to memorize information about the cell, instead of conceptualizing the relationships that exist between structure and...

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Myths, Misconceptions, and Misunderstanding: A different spin on Coriolis—Applying frame of reference

This article addresses misconceptions surrounding the Coriolis force and describes how it should be presented as a function within inertial and nonin...

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Editor’s Roundtable: Too much assessment

Regardless of the context, the intent and meaning of “assessment” has remained the same: to determine what students know before a lesson starts, t...

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Deconstructing to Instruct: The Role of Deconstruction in Instruction and Assessment in Middle School Science Classrooms

We want to challenge our students, but we need to give them tasks and assessments they can realistically succeed at and are valid indicators of their ...

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Tried and True: Using Diet Coke and Mentos to teach scientific inquiry

Adding mint Mentos candy to a two-liter bottle of Diet Coke produces a fountain of soda foam that can reach 3 m high. A demonstration such as this can...

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Everyday Engineering: Ain’t she sweet—Bats, rackets, golf clubs, and all

The pitcher throws the ball and the batter takes a mighty swing. Crack! The ball is hit on the sweet spot and soars to the outfield. Or, you hear a th...

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Editor’s Roundtable: A matter of confusion

Much of the information about atomic structure is too abstract and difficult for most middle level students to comprehend, so middle level teachers fa...

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Scope on Safety: Permanent safety in a temporary lab

In the last issue of Science Scope, the author discussed the science teacher’s role in the construction or renovation of science facilities. As a fo...

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"It's ELEMENTary, My Dear Watson": A Crime Scene Investigation With a Technological Twist

The Crime Scene Labs is a technology-enhanced unit with seven laboratory stations. Probes at many of the stations facilitate students collecting and a...

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Green Science: Green beauty

The ingredient lists of your shampoo, makeup, and moisturizer are likely to include a dizzying number of unknown ingredients. What these ingredients a...

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Little Shrimp, Big Results: A Model of an Integrative, Cross-Curricular Activity

This integrative, cross-curricular lab engages middle school biology students in an exercise involving ecology, arthropod biology, and mathematics. St...