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Journal Article

The relationship of science to personal health becomes a relevant issue to middle school students. Nutrition plays an important role in physical healt...

Journal Article

Trash or Treasure?

Why do some inventions stand the test of time, while others disappear from the market entirely? In the activity described here, students work in group...

Journal Article

Isaac Newton Olympics

Whoever heard of middle school students playing basketball and holding long jump competitions during a unit on Newton’s Laws of Motion? During the I...

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After the Bell: On the road science

Ask students about summer travel plans, then bring out the classroom globe or world map to find the places they name. You can deepen the texture of st...

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An In-Depth Exploration of Karst

Exploring the fragile environment of Karst enables students to examine how Earth systems interact over time to create the spectacular landscape featur...

Journal Article

A Beach in Your Classroom

Combining biology, geology, mathematics, geography, and language arts, this activity encourages students to use the scientific method to solve a reali...

Journal Article

Reflections on Earth—Remote-Sensing Research from Your Classroom

The Smithsonian Institution, with support from Honda, has developed a program entitled Reflections on Earth to provide resources for remote-sensing ed...