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Scope on Safety: Dust off your safety procedures
The National Air Pollution Central Administration estimates that over 43 million tons of dust falls on the United States yearly. Now, add to the dust ...
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Adapting to the Deep Sea: A Fun Activity with Bioluminescence
The deepest parts of the oceans are currently the focus of many new discoveries in both the physical and biological sciences. Middle school students f...
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Science Sampler: Light in the media spotlight
Movies, music, cartoons, comics, popular literature, and internet websites are all powerful resources for science teachers. Collectively, these media ...
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Editor's Roundtable: Creative connections
By integrating creative projects into their instruction, science teachers have the opportunity to awaken "creative expression and knowledge into their...
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Tried and True: How the brain visually perceives the world
The eyes are said to be the "mirror of the soul" or similiar to the "lens of a camera." Have you ever wondered how such a small feature of our anatomy...
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Helping Students Write About Science Without Plagiarizing
Most students don't plagiarize just because they are lazy. Most of them simply do not know how to write about science. As teachers, we can use plannin...
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Using Interactive Science Notebooks for Inquiry-Based Science
Tired of finding students' work overflowing from the garbage can on the last day of school? Try using an Interactive Science Notebook approach to help...
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Send Your Students to MARS for Their Next Research Project
Alleviate the fear often associated with research papers through this interdisciplanary project that incorporates community support and technology int...
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Instead of having students read about biomes in a textbook, why not have them become expert biogeographers? Once students have learned what a biogeogr...
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Partners in Crime: Integrating Forensic Science and Writing
Partners is Crime is a project-based initiative, funded by various sources, including the Toyota Tapestry grant, which strives to keep education inter...
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Scope on the Skies: Solar system update
Our knowledge of the solar system and of orbital dynamics has undergone some changes as telescope technology improved. This month's Scope on the skies...
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The Bermuda Triangle is famous for the unexplained disappearances of ships and aircraft, and for strange meteorological phenomena that allegedly have ...
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Tech Trek: Wordsmiths on the web
Based on authors Bob Tierney and John Dorroh's practical suggestions for promoting student writing and the learning of science, this column highlights...
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Creating Deep Time Diaries: An English/Earth Science Unit for Middle School Students
Students love a good story. We all do. That's why incorporating literary fiction that parallels teaching goals and standards can be so effective. In t...