All Science Scope resources

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Through collaboration with the local chapter of the National Audubon Society, students learn how to become responsible and involved citizens, and discover the positive impact their actions can have on the world. Using the internet, as well as school ...

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Chesapeake Bay Critters: Up Close and Personal

Shed light on the integral part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed by implementing this hands-on, inquiry- based unit on the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The goals of this unit are to teach students about the bay, its watershed, the organisms that live the...

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Science Sampler: Creating caddisfly cases

The larval stage of a northern casemaker caddisfly provides a creative hands-on activity for students while also introducing them to aquatic insect development and adaptations to stream life. This project is an opportunity to study the role of this i...

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Tried and True: It's a gas! An exploration of the physical nature of gases

Gases present something of a paradox for the casual observer--they are everywhere and yet, it remains difficult to see them anywhere. This instructional sequence engages middle school students in the inquiry process, enabling them to develop more rob...

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Making the Grounds of Scientific Inquiry Visible in the Classroom

The ability to formulate questions is a critical skill that forms the basis of scientific inquiry. Questioning is indeed robustly rooted in children's everyday ways of thinking about the world, but serious classroom support is required if these child...

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Fungus Amongus

Yikes! There is fungus among us! Your middle school students will enjoy this role-playing simulation that's designed to help teach them about the typical lifecycle of a fungus. Students assume the roles of fungi, spores, living and dead organisms, ba...

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Teacher's Toolkit: Reforming cookbook labs

The majority of ancillary materials provided with any textbook includes a large quantity of labs that have step-by-step instructions. Although it is important in science for students to learn how to follow directions, offering only cookbook labs limi...

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A Message from the NSTA President: A New Era for NSTA Conventions

NSTA has unveiled a new name--and an enriched format--for its time-honored conventions. The NSTA national and area conventions will now be called NSTA Conferences on Science Education. Teachers will benefit from the wealth of information contained in...

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Cemeteries as Science Labs

Cemeteries can be outdoor museums, teeming with valuable information that tells a story. They provide archaeologists with an opportunity to examine how artifacts (tombstones and monuments) reflect cultural change and how societies differ from one ano...

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Scope on Safety: All about asbestos

Asbestos has been used in the construction of elementary, middle, and high school ceilings, floor tile adhesives, pipe and structural beam insulations, science laboratory benches, wire gauss on ring stands, fume hood panels, general insulation, and m...

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Igniting Girl's Interest in Science Careers

Since leaving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a passion of Sally Ride's has been to find ways to keep girls interested in science. Recently, Sally Ride Science and NASA teamed up to produce a poster based on the book titled,...