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Methods and Strategies: Using Argument-Based Inquiry Strategies for STEM Infused Science Teaching

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This article focuses on an argument-based inquiry (ABI) approach to a fourth-grade unit on waves. A fourth-grade teacher included multiple opportunities for students to rea...

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Science 101: What’s Really Going on in Electric Circuits?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses how electric circuits work....

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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

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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....

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Science 101: What Causes Severe Thunderstorms and Tornadoes?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses the mechanisms that create thunderstorms and tornadoes, which are almost identical....

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Methods and Strategies: Science Storybooks

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses using Giverny Award winners to engage elementary students in science....

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Methods and Strategies: Oral Science Stories

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue shows how teachers can use culturally responsive storytelling to teach socioeconomically disadvantaged students....

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Science 101: Q: How Do We Distinguish Between Living and Nonliving Things?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses the criteria used to define living versus nonliving....

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