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Art and science help students investigate light energy and practice fair testing.
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When Is Melting Not Really Melting?
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Building explanations through exploration using an engaging toy
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Editor's Note: Developing Coherent Lessons With the NGSS and 5E
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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The Early Years: Using the 5Es to Teach Seasonal Changes
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Learn how to use a thermometer to investigate and document seasonal changes in the local environment.
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The Poetry of Science: Learning About Trees With the 5Es
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Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. Students learn about crossdating tree-ring samples.
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Codes and Communication
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s column, younger students consider ways that they can communicate using simple code systems and then apply their new knowledge to ways we…
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Formative Assessment Probes: Embedding Formative Assessment Into the 5E Instructional Model
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue includes an illustrative example of how formative assessment probes and formative assessment classroom techniques can be embedded into a…
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Science 101: Why Do You Add Salt When Making Homemade Ice Cream?
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses the role of salt when making ice cream.
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This column shares exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue presents a new challenge and answers the The Face That Follows You challenge from last month.
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Teaching Teachers: Assessing Students as Scientists
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This column enhances the repertoire of preservice and inservice teachers. Supporting teachers in assessing students’ scientific thinking.
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Methods and Strategies: What’s the Story?
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses using the 5E learning cycle to create coherent storylines.
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Engineering Encounters: What’s The Buzz on Bees?
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This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue shares information about a flower anatomy and honeybee pollination unit that incorporates inquiry and engineering.
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Deep Thinking Over Geologic Time: Understanding Fossils and Relative Dating
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Explore geologic time with this series of hands-on activities.
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Using Imagery Support Strategies to Develop Powerful Imagistic Models
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Create scientific models using imagery.
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Modeling Mendel: Using a Puzzle-Solving Activity to Develop Ideas About Genetics
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Develop Punnett squares that explain observed patterns.
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