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Observing Life in a Square

Students experience fieldwork in their own backyards....

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Gliding Into Understanding

A paper airplane investigation highlights scientific and engineering practices....

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Shrieks and Shrills

Exploring sound with preschoolers....

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Bee-Wild About Pollinators!

An interdisciplinary study introduces primary students to the importance of bees....

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Cinderella Separates a Mixture

An investigation uses a classic fairy tale to teach students about the properties of substances....

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Editor's Note: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

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

General Science Mathematics Crosscutting Concepts Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies

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The Early Years: The Building Blocks of Measurement

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue shares an activity in which students can learn about position, size, and amount....

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

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Formative Assessment Probes: Watermelon and Grape: An Intuitive Rule of Quantity and Proportion

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue shows a formative assessment probe that reveals how strong the "More A - More B" intuitive rule is when students are considering the properties of floating and sinking...

Elementary Assessment Crosscutting Concepts NGSS

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Bigger Than a Breadbox?

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue offers activities that help students develop their comparison skills and use of measurement units....

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Engineering Encounters: Elephant Trunks and Dolphin Tails

An elephant-trunk design challenge introduces students to engineering for animals....

Elementary Engineering Life Science STEM Lesson Plans Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old

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Science 101: Why Do We Need Standard Units?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue explains the need for standard units of measure in science....

Elementary Middle School General Science Physical Science Professional Learning old

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Methods and Strategies: What's the Big Idea?

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses three big ideas from the research behind the Next Generation Science Standards....

Elementary High School Middle School Curriculum NGSS Research Administrators

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No Ordinary Coronary

Engineer a blood-flow pathway and implant a stent in a blocked coronary artery....

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Sickle Cell Disease: Relating Community Health and Heredity

Explore cell form and function and genetic inheritance during a study of sickle cell disease....

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The Big Break: A Module on Biomedical Engineering Principles and Medical Devices

Investigate bone healing, fractures, and diseases with an activity involving simulated bone and bone implants....

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Inspired by Real Science: Biomedical Engineering for Breast Cancer Research in the Classroom

Design a tissue-engineered system using an iterative cycle of development to answer an open-ended question....