All Science Scope resources

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Re-Formative Assessment: One Teacher’s Approach to Integrating Science Within Science to Reassess Student Understanding

Create open-ended prompts that integrate prior knowledge....

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Creating a Positive Feedback Culture: Eight Practical Principles to Improve Students’ Learning

Learn how to elicit evidence of student learning, provide effective feedback, and extend student learning beyond the assessment....

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Wilderness Water Crisis: Next Generation Science Standards–Aligned Assessments for an Energy Activity

Use a real-world scenario to engage in the scientific practice of collecting, analyzing, graphing, and interpreting data....

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Integrating Technology: Bringing Science to Life

This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. Using social learning to make real-world con...

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Teacher’s Toolkit: The Four Elements of the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, and Rebuttal (CERR) Framework

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. The CERR framework helps students synthesize science investigatio...

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From the Editor’s Desk: Engaging Students in Learning Through Assessment

Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Commentary: Installing Glass Walls and Doors in the Science Classroom

An opinion piece about a science teacher team framework for improving student achievement....

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Citizen Science: Birds, Binoculars, and Biodiversity

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. Count bir...

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Disequilibrium: Why Is Regular Soda Denser Than Diet Soda?

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. This month’s discrepant event helps students visualize the difference bet...