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| By: Ying-Chih Chen, Soonhye Park, and Brian Hand |
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Science and Children, Jan 13
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Four communication strategies help students discuss, defend, and debunk ideas. These strategies emphasize speaking and writing to facilitate students' engagement in scientific argumentation.
Four communication strategies help students discuss, defend, and debunk ideas. These strategies emphasize speaking and writing to facilitate students' engagement in scientific argumentation. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Ingrid Weiland and Caroline Sheffield |
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The story of rubber bath toys falling off a cargo ship provides an opportunity to make multiple connections to crosscutting concepts and to integrate science and social studies under the auspices of environmental education.
The story of rubber bath toys falling off a cargo ship provides an opportunity to make multiple connections to crosscutting concepts and to integrate science and social studies under the auspices of environmental education. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Linda Froschauer |
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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| By: Page Keeley |
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses using predictions, explanations, and observations during the Solids and Holes formative assessment probe.
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses using predictions, explanations, and observations during the Solids and Holes formative assessment probe. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Julianne Coleman and Erin McTigue |
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Science and Children, Jan 13
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Interactive read-alouds help students decode science diagrams and other visual information.
Interactive read-alouds help students decode science diagrams and other visual information. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Bill Robertson |
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses how forces change the motion of an object.
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses how forces change the motion of an object. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Brenda M. Capobianco, Chell Nyquist, and Nancy Tyrie |
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Scientific inquiry leads to an engineering challenge and both are illuminated. The authors share their instructional approach and demonstrate how teachers can take small steps toward effectively incorporating engineering design in the elementary science... [view full summary]
Scientific inquiry leads to an engineering challenge and both are illuminated. The authors share their instructional approach and demonstrate how teachers can take small steps toward effectively incorporating engineering design in the elementary science classroom. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Julie McGough and Lisa Nyberg |
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In this article students examine how and why plants work through in-depth investigations based on their questions that go far beyond a first-grade understanding of plants.
In this article students examine how and why plants work through in-depth investigations based on their questions that go far beyond a first-grade understanding of plants. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Emily Morgan and Karen Ansberry |
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Science and Children, Jan 13
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue gives students not only an awareness of the work of engineers but also the opportunity to think like engineers.
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue gives students not only an awareness of the work of engineers but also the opportunity to think like engineers. [hide full abstract]
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| By: Peggy Ashbrook |
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses weather data collection.
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses weather data collection. [hide full abstract]
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