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NSTA Kids
This lively book’s title makes the perfect motto for young scientists: Look and see! With the help of charming text and bright pictures, you learn just how much you can use your sense of sight. Toys and tools, birds and bugs, flowers and fish, and ...
NSTA Kids
Fragrant as a Flower: I Wonder Why
Follow your nose! This book invites you to learn what your sense of smell can teach you as you amble around town. Go along as a little boy listens to his dad’s tale about taking in the deliciousness of a pastry shop, the woodsy smells of a lumberya...
NSTA Kids
Quiet as a Butterfly: I Wonder Why
“One day I listened. I listened to all the sounds I heard. I listened and I wondered.” From a clock’s ticks in the morning to a father’s snores at night, sounds are everywhere. That’s what an attentive boy discovers as he listens his way...
Journal Article
In Our Neighborhood: Who's Been Here?
A project-based unit introduces third graders to the animals in their surroundings....
Journal Article
Editor's Note: Natural Hazards
Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
Journal Article
The Early Years: Navigating Natural Disasters
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue has students attempting to contain moving water and experience and use its force....
Journal Article
The Poetry of Science: Hurricanes
Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. This poem about hurricanes helps students connect to ideas about changes in Earth's surface, emergency preparedness, and storms....