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Professional Development in Real Time

Teachers learn from a live lesson on binary code....

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Creating STEM Kits for the Classroom

Preservice teachers design developmentally appropriate science lessons and gain STEM experience....

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Integrating Science Methods With Professional Development

How “third space” courses benefit preservice and inservice teachers...

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Scientists Overnight

Preservice teachers and science majors host STEM family nights....

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Discussing Science in Professional Learning Communities

Teachers collaborate to transform next generation science teaching and learning....

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What’s in Our Soil?

A university-nonprofit-school partnership aims to raise environmental awareness....

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Editor's Note: Learning and Teaching (and Vice Versa)

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

Teaching Strategies Professional Learning old

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The Early Years: Experiencing Inquiry

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue shows how teachers can experience physical science inquiry with colleagues while investigating properties of matter using the EER cycle a...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool General Science Inquiry Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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Formative Assessment Probes: Uncovering Preservice Teachers’ Ideas About Magnetism and Formative Assessment

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses the formative assessment probe “Can You Pick It up With a Magnet?” which is designed to find out what types of materials students think interact with mag...

Elementary Physical Science Assessment Preservice Science Education

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Teaching Through Trade Books: The Tool and Eye

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s issue students explore animal adaptations through books that show how body structures assist in survival or how animals use objects in their environment to meet th...

Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials