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Native Plants and Seeds, Oh My!

Fifth graders explore an unfamiliar subject while learning plant basics....

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Who Is Your Champion?

A close look at how plant and animal structures can help solve a problem....

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Stalk It Up to Integrated Learning

Using foods we eat and informational texts to learn about plant parts and their functions....

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Elementary Anatomy

Activities designed to teach preschool children about the human body....

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Learning About Plants With STEAM

In a yearlong unit on plants, students use art to make models of their subjects....

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Teaching Through Trade Books: The Purpose of Individual Parts and Processes

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. The activities in this month’s issue have students examine the purposes of different plant or animal parts and then adapt these to solve a human problem. Students also consider ho...

Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials

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Formative Assessment Probes: Big and Small Seeds

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue links formative assessment probes to the scientific practices....

Elementary Assessment NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

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The Early Years: Discovering Through Deconstruction

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue has students exploring the structure of and noticing parts of a fruit while taking it apart....

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Making the Transition to Three-Dimensional Teaching

An NGSS@NSTA curator and elementary science specialist shares how to evaluate teaching materials using the EQuIP rubric....

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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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Engineering Encounters: No, David! But Yes, Design!

This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue describes how kindergarten students are introduced to a design way of thinking....

Early Childhood

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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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Science 102: The Speed of Light

This column shares exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue presents a new challenge and answers the Falling Pennies challenge from last month....

Elementary High School Middle School Physical Science Inquiry Phenomena