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| Science Scope | 9 |
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| Barber, Shelley | 1 |
| Cronin, Jim | 1 |
| Groseclose, Terry | 1 |
| May, Kathleen D. | 1 |
| Moore, Mitzi Ruth | 1 |
| Peeler, Janet | 1 |
| Rosenzweig, Barbara C. | 1 |
| Sussman, Beverly | 1 |
| Weiss, Tarin Harrar | 1 |
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| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 9 |
| Journal Articles | 9 |
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Peer reviewedBarber, Shelley – Science Scope, 1997
Presents a strategy for teaching students about electricity. Uses concrete activities to enlighten students about electron flow, resistance across a wire, and uses of electrical power. (JRH)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Electricity, Hands on Science, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedMay, Kathleen D. – Science Scope, 1997
Describes an activity designed to teach students geology vocabulary while challenging them to solve the case of the missing marble. Can be adapted to teach vocabulary for different topics. (JRH)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Geology, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedGroseclose, Terry – Science Scope, 1993
Describes a science competition challenge that has students solve several hands-on physical science problems, thus reinforcing both problem-solving skills and science knowledge. (PR)
Descriptors: Competition, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedSussman, Beverly – Science Scope, 1993
Describes an atom-building activity where students construct three-dimensional models of atoms using a styrofoam ball as the nucleus and pom-poms, gum drops, minimarshmallows, or other small items of two different colors to represent protons and neutrons attached. Rings of various sizes with pom-poms attached represent electron shells and…
Descriptors: Atomic Structure, Chemistry, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedRosenzweig, Barbara C. – Science Scope, 1997
Discusses strategies to make life science classes more fun by planning activities that include preserved and live specimens. Discusses field trips and collections. (JRH)
Descriptors: Animals, Biological Sciences, Educational Strategies, Field Trips
Peer reviewedPeeler, Janet – Science Scope, 1993
Describes activities in which students learn that it takes teamwork, problem solving, and personal commitment to save the environment. (PR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Earth Science, Environmental Education, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedMoore, Mitzi Ruth – Science Scope, 1992
Proposes having students perform skits in which they play the roles of the science concepts they are trying to understand. Provides the dialog for a skit in which hot and cold gas molecules are interviewed on a talk show to study how these properties affect wind, rain, and other weather phenomena. (MDH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Dramatics, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedWeiss, Tarin Harrar – Science Scope, 1997
Describes a research project that allows students to behave like scientists studying something as simple as the arrival of spring. Gives students practice in stating logical predictions and hypotheses, designing sound research, and collecting reliable data. Exposes them to the successes, failures, and biases inherent in scientific research.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Evaluation, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedCronin, Jim – Science Scope, 1993
Describes an approach to teaching the scientific method where an outbreak of cholera within the school is simulated. Students act like epidemiologists in an attempt to track down the source of the contamination. (PR)
Descriptors: Biology, Epidemiology, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
