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Science Sampler: Using science journals to encourage all students to write

It seems that everyone is using science journals or notebooks lately. As middle school science teachers, the authors use science journals as a tool to...

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Learning to Write and Writing to Learn in Science: Refutational Texts and Analytical Rubrics

Most middle school science teachers are familiar with the idea of reading and writing across the curriculum. We, as science teachers, understand that ...

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Science Sampler: Science SLAMS—A reading strategy for answering open-ended questions

The SLAMS (Sentence, Lines, Answer, Mechanics, Support) (Crowell and Kolba 2006) strategy is a basic and relatively simple technique used to guide stu...

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Science Sampler: Science and literacy—Making connections through writing

In order to help students to make connections in science and literacy through writing, the authors present them with an open-ended question (OEQ), whi...

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Science Sampler: Field Journals—Bringing the past to life

In this activity, students travel back in time as explorers to collect scientific information on plant and animal life during various geological eras....

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Media and Science: Developing Skepticism and Critical Thinking

Science lessons can encourage students to view data with a scientists' skeptical eye—especially now that so much unrefereed information is online, i...

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The Thinking Machine: A Physical Science Project

Science projects can be a wonderful opportunity for learning and creativity, or a gigantic headache for teachers. After several years of implementatio...

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The Great Dinosaur Feud: Science Against All Odds

In the 19th century, the race to uncover dinosaur fossils and name new dinosaur species inspired two rival scientists, Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel...

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The 23rd Annual Consortium of Geologists

Today’s scientific theories are the result of a long collaborative process, sometimes over centuries, among many different scientists from various p...

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Science Sampler: When do girls lose interest in math and science?

To determine when girls lose interest in math and science, the authors surveyed female students in grades 4 through 8 in several school districts in s...

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Science Sampler: Chemical weathering—Where did the rocks go?

This lesson is part of a larger Earth science unit that combines the concepts of the rock cycle and the water cycle and how they interact to change la...

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After the Bell: Developing an awareness of pet stewardship

Given the commonness of pets in communities throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia, among other countries, pet stewardship should be a na...

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The Sea Ice Board Game

The National Science Foundation-funded Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) provides “curriculum resource-based professional development” materi...

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Networking Antarctic Research Discoveries to a Science Classroom

In 2006, a unique scenario transported eighth-grade Earth science students from the classroom into the cold, dry, pristine surroundings of Antarctica....