All Science Scope resources

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“May I go to the bathroom?” While this hardly an unusual question from any middle-level student, the number of students who suddenly need to leave...

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Erupting with Great Force: Performing Text to Enhance Reading Comprehension

Performing text in the form of choral reading, rap, reader’s theatre, and/or simulations offers students a powerful vehicle for understanding and re...

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President’s Message: Meeting the Needs of the New World Student

To succeed in the 21st century, students have to learn how to be creative problem solvers who can work in collaborative groups. These new-world studen...

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Reading Into Science: Making It Meaningful

Helping students read science textbooks and other substantive material does not have to interrupt the flow of content delivery. A variety of strategie...

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Retelling in Science Class

Through retelling, students can begin to attach sense and meaning to the sometimes complex concepts they encounter in science texts. Also, the shift f...

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Scope on Safety: Bloodborne pathogens—Be prepared, be protected

Malaria, Lyme disease, Epstein-Barr syndrome, meningitis, syphilis, hepatitis B and HIV/AIDS—what do all of these diseases have in common? These bel...

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Guest Editorial: Happy anniversary, traveling companion!

Fifty years ago, on Friday, October 4, 1957, a 184-pound, silver-colored, metal ball caused an event that would change the world forever and reshape s...

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Editor’s Roundtable: Share your passion for science

We are not only teachers of science content, processes, and attitudes, but also teachers of writing and reading. The articles in this month’s issue ...

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Science Sampler: Using direct instruction to teach content vocabulary

The magnitude of vocabulary students need to know in the middle school science curriculum is vast and can be daunting. As educators, it is our job to ...

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Scope on the Skies: Between the planets

This year, Scope on the Skies will highlight members of our solar system, featuring current information about these objects and exploration missions t...

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Science Sampler: Using trade books to improve science education

For students to be successful in science, they must be able to examine information, make predictions, and comprehend what they are reading (Miller 200...

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Extreme Arthropods: Exploring Evolutionary Adaptations to Polar and Temperate Deserts

In this activity, Namib and Antarctic arthropods are used to illustrate several important biological principles. Among these are the key ideas that fo...

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Science Sampler: Building bridges between scientists and teachers to bring the joy of science to British Columbia students

Although it is hard to claim that one or two school visits by a scientist will change how students think about science and their place in it, the auth...