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Bringing the Maker Movement to School

Fourth-grade students create projects to illustrate the transfer and transformation of energy....

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Investigating Axial Seamount: Using Student-Generated Models to Understand Plate Tectonics

Teach students to use their own models as tools for constructing a scientific explanation of a natural phenomenon....

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Achieving Liftoff

Using coherent storylines to explain phenomena....

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Feet Wet, Hands Dirty: Engaging Students in Science Teaching and Learning With Stream Investigations

Stream investigation and restoration projects offer unique experiential opportunities to engage students in outdoor learning experiences that are relevant to the communities in which they live. These experiences promote an understanding of watershed...

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Remaking Science Fairs

Adaptations create science conventions that avoid the typical pitfalls of science fair time....

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Celebrating Science With the Community

An approach to science fairs intended to create learning celebrations....

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Firefly, Firefly

First-grade students learn, talk, and write about light....

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Seeing Science in Haiku

Primary students explore connections between science and writing....

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The Early Years: Classroom Memories

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue provides an activity to encourage students to reflect on their actions and thought processes....

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Physical Science 5E Inquiry Literacy

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Editor's Note: Creating Meaningful Products

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

Elementary Inquiry NGSS Performance Expectations