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Earth and space sciences investigate processes that operate on Earth and address Earth's place in the solar system and galaxy, involving phenomena that range in scale from the unimaginably large to invisibly small.

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Gemologist Nathan Renfro

Career of the Month November/December 2024...

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Saving Our Water: Engagement Strategies for Designing Collaborative Community-Based Solutions

In recent years, some communities have experienced extreme conditions of drought: reduced water supply for farms, increased wildfires, and decreased w...

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Books in Space

Scope on the Skies November/December 2024...

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Making Space for Local Science: Strategies for teachers to find and adapt phenomena in science units

This article discusses strategies for teachers to find and use local phenomena in designed science units. The Next Generation Science Standards promot...

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Science Update: Space Weather: The Sun, Earth, and You, December 4, 2025

Join us on Thursday, December 4, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about impending solar events and their potential impacts on Earth....

 

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Science Update: Ocean and Coastal Acidification: Building Community Resilience to Our Changing Ocean, March 13, 2025

Join us on Thursday, March 13, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about ocean acidification....

 

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Science Update: Making a Marine Debris "MAP": Collecting Marine Debris Data with NOAA's Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project, September 18, 2025

Join us on Thursday, September 18, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about NOAA's marine debris monitoring and assessment project....

 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers: December 10, 2024
 

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Science Update: Exploring the Applications of Low Earth Orbit Observations, May 8, 2025

Join us on Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about the applications of low Earth orbit observations....

 

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Nature Around our Schools: Using Nature Journaling to Promote Species Identification of Local Flora and Fauna

With environmental issues and awareness rising globally, our connection to the natural world is clearly critical, but education that teaches children ...

 

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Melting Science Stereotypes with the Help of a Snowy Day

How are exploring snowy spaces, starring in children's books, and making science discoveries inextricably linked? Access to and representation in all ...

 

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Puddles to Floods: Field-based Investigations on Flooding in New Orleans

All students deserve access to field-based learning experiences where they can conduct investigations and collect data to answer their questions about...

 

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Science Update: The Wonderful World of Plasma Physics: From the Birth of Stars to Building Cell Phones, February 20, 2025

Join us on Thursday, February 20, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about plasma physics and its applications.What is inside our sun and othe...

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