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The Early Years: Begin With Open Exploration

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The Early Years: Begin With Open Exploration

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue discusses ways to encourage children to engage in open exploration to learn about living organisms....

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool General Science Life Science Instructional Materials Inquiry NGSS Pedagogy Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

The Poetry of Science: Teaching Strategies

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The Poetry of Science: Teaching Strategies

Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. This poem introduces observation and the skills of a natural scientist....

Elementary General Science Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Literacy

Science 101: How Can I Make Science Fun and Have Students Learn More By Using Phenomenon-Based Learning?

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Science 101: How Can I Make Science Fun and Have Students Learn More By Using Phenomenon-Based Learning?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This issue discusses phenomenon-based learning and activities to use in the science classroom....

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First-Graders Modeling Day and Night: Making Sense of a Phenomenon

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First-Graders Modeling Day and Night: Making Sense of a Phenomenon

As a first-grade teacher in Detroit with predominantly Latinx students and English language learners, I worked for several weeks at the end of last school year with a doctoral candidate in science education and former elementary teacher, Christa Have...

By Cindy Workosky

Elementary Assessment Astronomy Earth & Space Science Multilingual Learners NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

What Is Your Model For?

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What Is Your Model For?

Recently, my colleagues and I had an exchange with some teachers in one of our professional development programs. One teacher said, “I think I do a lot of modeling in my class. I have my kids draw pictures of the science ideas they are learning all...

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