Career of the Month: Acoustical Consultant

Journal Article | September 2016

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Pantelis Vassilakis's career path to becoming an acoustical consultant.

Right to the Source: Dancing With Radium

Journal Article | September 2016

Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This month's issue discusses how when the chemical element radium was first discovered in 1898, it was thought to be a cure for everything. The original…

Read All About It

Journal Article | October 2016

Exploring multiple genres of writing ensures students get a fuller picture of science.

Dissecting Student Dialogue

Journal Article | October 2016

Speaking and listening, in the form of collaborative conversation, enhances the depth of students’ science knowledge.

Learning Science in a Second Language

Journal Article | October 2016

Incorporating science notebooks into a fifth-grade language immersion program accentuates the learning in both science and writing.

Supporting Academic Language

Journal Article | October 2016

Simple strategies can encourage the use of scientific vocabulary, language, and discussion.

Sensing Matter—Is It a Liquid or Solid?

Journal Article | October 2016

Students classify materials based on physical properties.

The Poetry of Science: What Do Scientists Do?

Journal Article | October 2016

Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways.

Teaching Through Trade Books: Recording Scientific Explorations

Journal Article | October 2016

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has students engaging in documentation when they perform investigations and sketch, label, or provide details about their work and…

The Early Years: Getting Deep With Documentation

Journal Article | October 2016

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this kindergarten practice, storytelling leads to drawing, adding more detail, and then writing as literacy skills are…

Science 101: How Does Speech-Recognition Software Work?

Journal Article | October 2016

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue explains the origins of speech-recognition software.

Science 102: Raindrops Keep Falling Answer

Journal Article | October 2016

This column shares exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue answers the Raindrops Keep Falling challenge from last month.

Engineering Encounters: An Engineering Design Process for Early Childhood

Journal Article | October 2016

This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue shares information about trying (again) to engineer an egg package.

Methods and Strategies: Put Your Walls to Work

Journal Article | October 2016

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses planning and using interactive word walls to support science and reading instruction.

Editor's Note: Meeting the Challenges of Communicating Science

Journal Article | October 2016

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