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I was recently reading the November/December 2020 issue of "Science Scope" a publication for middle school teachers from the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read "The Online Teacher" column written by Denise Wright. Her article was entitled "Conducting Science Labs in a Virtual World."

This is the first in a three-part series on the three strategies for conducting science labs in the virtual world.

Part 1 — Virtual Simulations

Part 2 — Science at Home

Part 3 — Use of Data Sets

Online science labs can be rich experiences that students enjoy. Teachers can include labs in online learning by using virtual simulations that include written directions, a screencast explaining directions, and questions for discussion.

I was recently reading the November/December 2020 issue of "Science Scope" a publication for middle school teachers from the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the "From the Editor's Desk" column written by Patty McGinnis. Her article was entitled "Using Literature in the Science Classroom."

The Next Generation Science Standards contain numerous connections to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts as verification of the supporting role that literature serves when learning science.

I was recently reading the September/October 2020 issue of "Science & Children" a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the "Formative Assessment Probes" column written by Page Keeley. Her article was entitled "Using Formative Assessment Probes with Real or Virtual Field Trips."

Using a formative assessment probe prior to a real-time or virtual field trip activates students' thinking about the concepts and phenomena they will be learning about during their experience.

I was recently reading the September/October 2020 issue of "Science Teacher" a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the "Current Science Classroom" column written by Chris Anderson. Her article was entitled "The New Normal."

What can we do, as educators, in the face of the worst pandemic in the last 100 years.? It can seem like an insurmountable problem, but in this podcast we share six things that are within our control that can have a positive impact on our school and community.

I was recently reading the September/October 2020 issue of "Science Teacher" a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the "Career of the Month" column written by Luba Vangelova. Her article was entitled "Online Science Educator."

Online educators present courses on a broad range of topics, to children or adults. Course lengths and formats vary to — they can be live or asynchronous, interactive or lecture based, or any combination thereof. Julia Brodsky is one of these online science Educator and teaches astrobiology to elementary and middle school students. She teaches world-wide while located in Rockville, Maryland.

I was recently reading the July/August, 2020 issue of "Science and Children" a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the "Science 101" column written by Matt Bobrowsky. His article was entitled "What's a Fun Activity that Combines Science with Art?"

There are many connections between science and art, and one of the easiest to investigate, in school or at home, has to do with color. The investigation works with coffee filter strips labeled with a black marker. The coffee filters are then placed in water and the colors from the marker separate in the filter paper. This investigation lets us see that there are different colors in a substance, such as tree leaves, which turn different colors in the fall.

I was recently reading the July/August, 2020 issue of "Science and Children" a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the "Methods and Strategies " column written by Meredith Hayes, P. Sean Smith, and W. Robert Midden. Their article was entitled "Students as Citizen Scientists."

Citizen Science involves individuals who are not professional scientists in authentic scietific endeavors, typically in collaboration with or supervised by professional scientists or scientific institutions. Increasingly, Citizen Science is making its way into schools and into science classes in particular.

I was recently reading the July/August, 2020 issue of "The Science Teacher," a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the "Notes from the Editor " column written by Ann Haley MacKenzie. Her article was entitled "Equity for All: Essential for All Facets of the Scientific Enterprise."

Under the microscope, the cell being observed does not care who is observing it. Woman, man, African American, Latinx, Asian, gay, middle-class, hearing-challenged, Native American: why has the scientific playing field not been equal for ALL? How can we, as science educators, erase inequitable practices in our teaching?

I was recently reading the September/October, 2020 issue of "Science Scope," a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the Online Teacher column "Creating a New Environment for Science Learning" written by Denise Wright.

Moving from the face-to-face classroom to the online setting doesn't happen without challenges. The main objective is for all students to have a passion for learning. A positive online learning environment can be created from a personalized approach. Making a personalized connection is the key to building a positive climate in an online classroom.

I was recently reading the September/October, 2020 issue of "Science Scope," a publication of the National Science Teaching Association. In this issue, I read the Editor's Note column "Straight from the Headlines" written by Patty McGinnis. There are many ways that current events can be incorporated into the classroom. Current events can be used as an introductory phenomenon to a problem, can support a claim, or can be utilized to provide students with an engineering task. The use of websites can provide teachers with vetted articles about recent events and current events, most of which are identified by Lexile score. Resources include:

Readworks — http://readworks.org

TweenTribune — https://www.tweentribune.com

Science News for Students — https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org

Science Daily — https://www.sciencedaily.com