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Gillette, Brandon; Hamilton, Cheri – Science Scope, 2011
Explore how melting ice sheets affect global sea levels. Sea-level rise (SLR) is a rise in the water level of the Earth's oceans. There are two major kinds of ice in the polar regions: sea ice and land ice. Land ice contributes to SLR and sea ice does not. This article explores the characteristics of sea ice and land ice and provides some hands-on…
Descriptors: Climate, Misconceptions, Climate Control, Class Activities
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Plankis, Brian; Vowell, Julie; Ramsey, John – Science Scope, 2011
One key element sometimes missing from middle school science lessons is questioning designed to generate student discourse. The National Science Teachers Association recommends that the curriculum of middle school science programs includes "hands-on, minds-on" (NSTA 2003) inquiry-based science instruction, and according to Clough and Olson,…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Middle Schools
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Benedis-Grab, Gregory – Science Scope, 2011
Interdisciplinary teaching is a great way to focus on overarching concepts and help students make connections across disciplines. Historically, art and science have been connected disciplines. The botanical prints of the 18th and 19th centuries and early work with microscopes are two examples of a need for strong artistic skills in the science…
Descriptors: Biology, Methods, Teaching Methods, Art Education
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Bigham, Gary – Science Scope, 2010
Off-road motorcycle racing and ATV riding. Gardening and fishing. What do these high-adrenaline and slower-paced pastimes have in common? Each requires soil, and the texture of that soil has an effect on all of them. In the inquiry-based lessons described here, students work both in the field or laboratory and in the classroom to collect soil…
Descriptors: Soil Science, Science Instruction, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
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Moyer, Richard; Everett, Susan – Science Scope, 2009
You may not think of engineering and squirt guns in the same sentence. However, like many examples of engineering design, the squirt gun pump mechanism is uncomplicated, yet elegant, and very inexpensive to manufacture. The design is widely used because of its simplicity and low cost. With only a few moving parts, it is able to deliver a stream of…
Descriptors: Toys, Weapons, Engineering, Design
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Kaldenberg, Erica; Therrien, William; Watt, Sarah; Gorsh, Jay; Taylor, Jonte – Science Scope, 2011
Students with learning disabilities (LDs) often need additional supports and structure in inquiry classrooms. The authors describe three ways teachers can enhance the achievement of these students: (1) focusing on big ideas; (2) using graphic organizers; and (3) providing mnemonic strategies. Struggling students with LD will benefit greatly from…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Prior Learning, Classrooms, Mnemonics
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Anthony, Kelly Jean; Frazier, Wendy Michelle – Science Scope, 2009
Science curricula often guide us to teach students just the facts, but our students need to be prepared for life in the 21st century. Since technology is developing rapidly, we do not know what new technologies, resources, and information our students will be working with when they complete school. If we want our students to be truly prepared for…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Teaching Methods, Creative Teaching, Instructional Innovation
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Bertram, Kathryn Berry – Science Scope, 2008
The National Science Foundation-funded Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) provides "curriculum resource-based professional development" materials that combine current science information with practical classroom instruction embedded with "best practice" techniques for teaching science to diverse students. The Sea Ice Board…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Games, Climate
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Sallis, Derek; Rule, Audrey C.; Jennings, Ethan – Science Scope, 2009
Unmotivated, underachieving students pose a huge challenge for teachers. One way to motivate and stimulate student interest in a topic is to use humor. Humor can help students make new connections in learning and improves retention of information (Garner 2006). In this article, the authors describe how they integrated art and literature with…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Cartoons, Paleontology, Earth Science
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Poon, Chew-Leng; Tan, Doris; Tan, Aik-Ling – Science Scope, 2009
Inquiry practices often involve more student-centered activities where students interact more intensively with materials and with other students during investigations. In addition to monitoring the learning taking place, teachers in an inquiry classroom have to manage more movements of materials and equipment and the social dynamics among…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Fogleman, Tara; Curran, Mary Carla – Science Scope, 2007
Students are often confused by the difference between the terms "accuracy" and "precision." In the following activities, students explore the definitions of accuracy and precision while learning about salt march ecology and the methods used by scientists to assess salt marsh health. The activities also address the concept that the ocean supports a…
Descriptors: Ecology, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Marine Biology
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Littlejohn, Patty – Science Scope, 2007
Where does cellular respiration take place? How does a plant make food and in turn use the food to produce its own energy? Do animals carry on this process also? To help students answer these and other questions, have them build a model leaf, plant cell, and animal cell. This hands-on project allows students to see and manipulate the reactants and…
Descriptors: Botany, Science Instruction, Animals, Science Activities
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Talley, Brooke L.; Henkel, Melissa A. – Science Scope, 2007
Every schoolyard presents a wealth of opportunities for science exploration. To capitalize on this resource, the authors developed an activity in which students assessed whether their schoolyard could provide a viable habitat for treefrogs. This inquiry-based module was composed of three lessons: A Hoppin' Treefrog Adventure, Field Research Means…
Descriptors: Playgrounds, Science Education, Hands on Science, Inquiry
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King, Kenneth P. – Science Scope, 2007
The inertial balance is one device that can help students to quantify the quality of inertia--a body's resistance to a change in movement--in more generally understood terms of mass. In this hands-on activity, students use the inertial balance to develop a more quantitative idea of what mass means in an inertial sense. The activity also helps…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Hands on Science, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts
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Kuhl, James; Shaffer, Karen – Science Scope, 2008
Constructing model hot air balloons is an activity that captures the imaginations of students, enabling teachers to present required content to minds that are open to receive it. Additionally, there are few activities that lend themselves to integrating so much content across subject areas. In this article, the authors describe how they have…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Metric System, Earth Science, Measurement
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