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Designing and Building a Rube Goldberg Machine to Contextualize a Unit on Energy

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Designing and Building a Rube Goldberg Machine to Contextualize a Unit on Energy

Explore the conservation and transfer of energy by building a device that completes a simple task....

I Get It! Moving Students From Misconceptions to Conceptual Change

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I Get It! Moving Students From Misconceptions to Conceptual Change

Move students toward deep, accurate scientific understanding using the conceptual change model....

Food and Energy for All: Turning a Demonstration Into an Inquiry Activity

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Food and Energy for All: Turning a Demonstration Into an Inquiry Activity

Explore the reactants of photosynthesis to explain that they are raw materials and not food....

Middle School Biology Life Science Inquiry

From the Editor's Desk: Tapping Into Energy

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From the Editor's Desk: Tapping Into Energy

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

Classic Lessons 2.0: The Come Back Can

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Classic Lessons 2.0: The Come Back Can

This column shares updated perennial classroom favorites.This article describes a science activity that can be used to demonstrate the law of conserva...

Citizen Science: Power Up Science Learning With NOVA’s Energy Lab

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Citizen Science: Power Up Science Learning With NOVA’s Energy Lab

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

Disequilibrium: A Human Circuit

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Disequilibrium: A Human Circuit

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. This month’s discrepant event involves creating a human circuit using gad...

Middle School Physical Science 5E Inquiry Phenomena

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