Make Your Own Snow Day

by: Edward Robeck

A lesson on snow demonstrates several principles of practice for using models in elementary science. The article also discusses how models can be used to help students construct meaning as they compare the properties of models.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2011Stock # sc11_049_01_53Volume 049Issue 01

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Kathy Renfrew (Barnet, VT)
Kathy Renfrew (Barnet, VT)

Make your Snow Day

Make Your Snow Day gets at the essence of the value of using models in the classroom if they are used well. the author uses the 5 E process as he explores and explains the principles he deal... See More

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