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From “Plants Don’t Eat” to “Plants Are Producers”
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The role of vocabulary in scientific sense-making
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A Cucurbit Ripe for Building Vocabulary
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A garden-based project offers multiple opportunities for addressing standards.
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Using a multi-literacy approach to teach about adaptation
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Editor's Note: Making Sense of Science Terms
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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The Building Blocks of Language
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Inventions Take Center Stage
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Exploring interesting animals leads to gains in vocabulary—with an assist from technology for assessment.
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The Poetry of Science: Words, Words, Words
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Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. This issue discusses synonyms.
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Formative Assessment Probes: Vocabulary in Context: What Is an Amphibian?
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue explores what characteristics make an amphibian.
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Science 101: Why Aren’t There Magnetic Charges?
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses electricity and magnetism.
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This column shares exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue presents a new challenge and answers the Bouncing Ball challenge from last month.
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Engineering Encounters: Chemical Reaction Vehicles
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This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In this issue a STEM project takes off in fifth-grade classrooms.
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Methods and Strategies: Time to Change
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses embedding literacy into the 5E while addressing the principles of the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Teaching Teachers: Is It Worth It? Can I Do It?
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This column enhances the repertoire of preservice and inservice teachers. An interactive word wall professional development explores how to build language proficiency during a science lesson.
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Inquiry Into Action: Ecosystems and Animals
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Explore endangered animals that zoos and aquariums are working to protect.
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Building Bee Houses: Designing and Constructing Solitary Bee Houses for Scientific Investigations
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Engineer a habitat for pollinators that will increase their numbers and diversity—and answer a student-generated research question.
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