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Teaching Through Trade Books: Inventions Take Center Stage
Exploring interesting animals leads to gains in vocabulary—with an assist from technology for assessment....
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The Poetry of Science: Words, Words, Words
Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. This issue discusses synonyms....
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Formative Assessment Probes: Vocabulary in Context: What Is an Amphibian?
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue explores what characteristics make an amphibian....
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Science 101: Why Aren’t There Magnetic Charges?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses electricity and magnetism....
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This column shares exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue presents a new challenge and answers the Bouncing Ball challenge from last month....
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Engineering Encounters: Chemical Reaction Vehicles
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In this issue a STEM project takes off in fifth-grade classrooms....
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Methods and Strategies: Time to Change
This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses embedding literacy into the 5E while addressing the principles of the Next Generation Science Standards....
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Teaching Teachers: Is It Worth It? Can I Do It?
This column enhances the repertoire of preservice and inservice teachers. An interactive word wall professional development explores how to build language proficiency during a science lesson....
Blog Post
Engineering: From Trial-and-Error to NGSS-Aligned
Four years ago, when the other seventh-grade science teacher and I started redesigning our curriculum for the NGSS, we knew we would have to include engineering. At that time, my understanding of engineering was pretty limited. I knew that engineers ...
By Cindy Workosky
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As our first-grade class was returning to our classroom after recess, a learner directed our attention to our school’s newest retaining wall. He asked, “Why is the wall always falling apart on that side?”...
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
The Engineering Design Process: A Middle School Approach
To support the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Middle School Engineering Design, we have three goals for our students: to define problems accurately, design the best solution using a rigorous process, and evaluate and improve their designs b...
By Cindy Workosky