Methods and Strategies: KLEWS to Explanation-Building in Science | NSTA

Methods and Strategies: KLEWS to Explanation-Building in Science

Science and Children—February 2015

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue provides an update to the KLEW chart, which adds a tool for explanation building.

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