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Disciplinary Core Ideas: Reshaping Teaching and Learning
Like all enthusiastic teachers, you want your students to see the connections between important science concepts so they can grasp how the world works now—and maybe even make it work better in the future. But how exactly do you help them learn and ...
By Ravit Golan Duncan, Joseph Krajcik, Ann E. Rivet
Journal Article
The Poetry of Science: What Do Scientists Do?
Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways....
Journal Article
Teaching Through Trade Books: Recording Scientific Explorations
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has students engaging in documentation when they perform investigations and sketch, label, or provide details about their work and findings....
Journal Article
The Early Years: Getting Deep With Documentation
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this kindergarten practice, storytelling leads to drawing, adding more detail, and then writing as literacy skills are developed....
Journal Article
Science 101: How Does Speech-Recognition Software Work?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue explains the origins of speech-recognition software....