All Science Scope resources

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Scope on the Skies: Follow the Drinking Gourd

As you gaze into the stars during the month of February, remember the plight of African Americans and their ancestors. During the years leading up to and during the Civil War, slaves relied on their knowledge of stars to help determine compass direct...

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Science Sampler: Torricelli, Pascal, and PVC pipe

Two giants of science who led the way to our understanding of atmospheric pressure and fluids were Evangelista Torricelli and Blaise Pascal. By conducting experiments inspired by those of Torricelli and Pascal using today's rugged and affordable plum...

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Science Sampler: Inquiry with earthworms

Earthworms wiggle their way into your science curriculum in this fun and hands-on activity. Students experiment with earthworms to gain a better understanding of the process of scientific inquiry and hone their research skills using books and the Int...

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Weather to Make a Decision

Try DECIDE, a web-based, teacher-friendly, integrated approach designed to stimulate learning by allowing students to make decisions using scientific weather principles (DECIDE is available free of charge, see Resources). This learning unit integrate...

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Teacher's Toolkit: Two-tiered assessment

Developing good instruments that can be used to assess what students really know about scientific content is one of the most difficult tasks facing teachers in middle school classrooms today. However, two-tiered tests can be an effective solution to ...

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When Art Meets Einstein

A New World View, a composition of pale blue glass and steel, is an homage to the most famous scientist in modern history -- Albert Einstein. View this masterpiece for yourself by visiting the World Year of Physics (WYP) team's website that includes ...

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What Happens to Animals during Hurricanes?

Student curiosity provides a springboard for discussions ranging from weather, to conservation, to biology, and concern for animal welfare. Teachers can use these real-world events that spark students' interest to integrate content and interdisciplin...

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Science Sampler: Handmade weather instruments

For students to truly understand the science behind weather phenomena, they should be familiar with such physical concepts as the movement of molecules in solids, liquids, and gases; the relationship between temperature and pressure; and the transfer...

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Science Sampler: The Hot Zone: An interdisciplinary project on viruses

This integrated language arts and science project is based on selected parts of The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. Students read the parts of the book that concentrate on the scientific process of working with hot agent viruses, as well as the decision...

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Science Sampler: Using the Pokemon alphabet to teach classification and phylogeny

Did you ever think you'd see the day when Pokemon would make an appearance in the classroom, and actually be allowed to stay? The activity described here teaches classification, phylogeny, and dichotomy using a set of pseudozoids (false animals), th...

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Issue in-depth: Inside alternatively powered vehicles: The problems and the possibilities

Like all things natural or human-made, all modes of transportation, from horses to spacecraft are governed by the Principle of conservation of matter, the First law of thermodynamics, and the Second law of thermodynamics. The activities described in ...