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Science Shorts: How Many Ways Are There to Move?
This column provides classic classroom activities that emphasize science process skills. In this month’s issue the author uses the 5E learning cycle with third- and fourth-grade students to teach that a force is a push or pull....
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The author works with a chorus teacher to create an interdisciplinary unit using music to supplement the science curriculum. This particular subject involved creating lyrics and music to help students learn cellular components vocabulary....
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Recognizing Excellence: From Macro to Micro to Nano
This column features profiles of award-winning science programs and teachers. In this month’s issue the author shares his experience of working with a university researcher. Third-grade students benefit from this relationship and learn about the na...
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The 21st-Century Oral Presentation Tool Bag
The author provides suggestions and tools to help teachers implement successful oral presentations in their science classrooms....
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Science 2.0: Combine Your Technologies for 21st-Century Results
This column shares web tools that support learning. In this month’s issue, the author discusses using combinations of technologies so students can complete open-ended tasks, which offer opportunities to practice 21st-century skills....
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Career of the Month: Visualization Scientist
This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. In this month’s issue Carter Emmart describes what it is like to be a visualization scientist....
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Formative Assessment Probes: Pushes and Pulls
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses the assessment probe "Talking About Forces."...
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The Early Years: Objects in Motion
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this month’s issue students use small objects, such as tops, to explore motion. Students then perform data collection of movement with the teacher's help...
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Inquiry Science and Active Reading
The author presents a pair of fifth-grade activities: an inquiry science activity in which students conduct hands-on investigations of force and motion, and a reading activity where they collaboratively analyze a text that contains words that have be...
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Customizing Curriculum With Digital Resources
To effectively use digital resources in the classroom, teachers must customize the information, merge it with pre-existing curriculum, differentiate it for diverse student populations, and still meet standards-based learning goals. This article descr...
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The Art and Science of Notebooks
Along with inquiry-based teaching, exploring the elements of art can guide students to view and represent objects realistically. Understanding line, shape, color, value, form, space, and texture helps bridge the gap between what students actually obs...