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Science Sampler: Simple machine junk cars

During the month of May, the author’s eighth-grade physical science students study the six simple machines through hands-on activities, reading assi...

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Picture THIS: Taking Human Impact Seriously

Unfortunately, middle school students often view human impact as an abstract idea over which they have no control and do not see themselves as contrib...

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Scope on the Skies: March measurements

While science is certainly language based, it is also bilingual in the sense that mathematics is also “spoken” in science classes. There are many ...

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Science Sampler: Magic termites—Exploring scientific inquiry

The objective of the termite experiment is to walk students through the process of designing and conducting an experiment while allowing them to use i...

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Photovoice: A Community-Based Socioscientific Pedagogical Tool

Situating instruction in a local context, socioscientific issues (SSIs) offers students an opportunity to become active participants in the community ...

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A Study of the St. Lawrence River Ecological Habitat

Save the River, a grassroots advocacy group established in 1978, lobbies for policies to preserve the upper St. Lawrence River and uses the community�...

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12 (books published in 2009)

What makes an outstanding book for a young reader? Although it would be hard to create a rubric for every book, experienced teachers recognize them qu...

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Tried and True: Disrupted food webs—Exploring the relationship between overfishing and dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay

This inquiry-based activity provides a real-world example that connects to students’ everyday seafood choices. In fact, many students went home and ...

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Science Sampler: Project Citizen—Students practice democratic principles while conducting community projects

Project Citizen is a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education’s congressionally funded Center for Civic Education, which sponsors both ...

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Science Sampler: Helping the environment helps the human race—Differentiated instruction across the curriculum

This set of lessons is designed to be carried out in all of the subject-area classes. Science lessons are expanded and taught in social studies, math,...

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Science Sampler: Commercial video games in the science classroom

There’s no denying that middle school students are interested in video games. With such motivation present, we as teachers should harness this media...

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Teacher’s Toolkit: A framework for facilitating equitable discourse in science classrooms

In traditional classroom discourse, the teacher controls the discussion, asking most of the questions and calling on students to respond. This model d...