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Science and Children, Dec 11
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Blogging helps elementary students communicate and reflect on their science practice.
Blogging helps elementary students communicate and reflect on their science practice. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Page Keeley |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses the formative assessment probe "Pond Water," which reveals how elementary children will often apply what they know about animal structures to newly discovered microscopic... [view full summary]
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses the formative assessment probe "Pond Water," which reveals how elementary children will often apply what they know about animal structures to newly discovered microscopic organisms, connecting their knowledge of the familiar to the unfamiliar through overgeneralization. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Susan Erickson and Sue Howard |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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This column features profiles of award-winning science programs and teachers. In this month’s issue students are involved in a real-world problem: how to protect a threatened species and become its advocate.
This column features profiles of award-winning science programs and teachers. In this month’s issue students are involved in a real-world problem: how to protect a threatened species and become its advocate. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Bill Robertson |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. In this month’s issue the author discusses the properties of carbon.
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. In this month’s issue the author discusses the properties of carbon. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Nazan Bautista |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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This column provides classic classroom activities that emphasize science process skills. In this month’s issue the author discusses using dinosaur models and pictures to help students understand the role of animal body parts and their adaptation to their... [view full summary]
This column provides classic classroom activities that emphasize science process skills. In this month’s issue the author discusses using dinosaur models and pictures to help students understand the role of animal body parts and their adaptation to their environment. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Rodger W. Bybee |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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The author presents the science and engineering practices from the recently released A Framework for K–12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas.
The author presents the science and engineering practices from the recently released A Framework for K–12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Rebecca M. Giles and Edward L. Shaw |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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When knowledge about rock types is paired with interactive whiteboards for introductory instruction, the combination is an ideal fit for children and teachers.
When knowledge about rock types is paired with interactive whiteboards for introductory instruction, the combination is an ideal fit for children and teachers. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Christine Anne Royce |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. Engaging students with common machines such as playground equipment and tools will show them how machines make work and play easier as they gain an understanding of other physical science... [view full summary]
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. Engaging students with common machines such as playground equipment and tools will show them how machines make work and play easier as they gain an understanding of other physical science concepts such as work, energy, and friction. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Peggy Ashbrook |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses teachers using technology to help students develop a science inquiry.
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses teachers using technology to help students develop a science inquiry. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Michael Tessmer and Richard Cowlishaw |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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A microscope connected to a digital projector helps students make connections between the microscopic and macroscopic world.
A microscope connected to a digital projector helps students make connections between the microscopic and macroscopic world. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Kathy Cabe Trundle and Sally Hobson |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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Technology and visual representations offer many ways to engage students in active inquiry. In this article students use planetarium software to gather data about the Moon.
Technology and visual representations offer many ways to engage students in active inquiry. In this article students use planetarium software to gather data about the Moon. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Lisa Marie Connors |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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Fourth-grade students create digital field guides for visitors to the school's nature trail.
Fourth-grade students create digital field guides for visitors to the school's nature trail. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Danielle Harlow |
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Science and Children, Dec 11
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Students interact with a scientist virtually and make nanoscale observations of insects using an online scanning electron microscope.
Students interact with a scientist virtually and make nanoscale observations of insects using an online scanning electron microscope. [hide full abstract]
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