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A paper airplane investigation highlights scientific and engineering practices.
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Exploring sound with preschoolers.
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An interdisciplinary study introduces primary students to the importance of bees.
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Cinderella Separates a Mixture
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An investigation uses a classic fairy tale to teach students about the properties of substances.
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Editor's Note: Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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The Early Years: The Building Blocks of Measurement
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue shares an activity in which students can learn about position, size, and amount.
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Formative Assessment Probes: Watermelon and Grape: An Intuitive Rule of Quantity and Proportion
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue shows a formative assessment probe that reveals how strong the "More A - More B" intuitive rule is when students are considering the…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Bigger Than a Breadbox?
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue offers activities that help students develop their comparison skills and use of measurement units.
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Engineering Encounters: Elephant Trunks and Dolphin Tails
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An elephant-trunk design challenge introduces students to engineering for animals.
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Science 101: Why Do We Need Standard Units?
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue explains the need for standard units of measure in science.
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Methods and Strategies: What's the Big Idea?
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses three big ideas from the research behind the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Engineer a blood-flow pathway and implant a stent in a blocked coronary artery.
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Sickle Cell Disease: Relating Community Health and Heredity
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Explore cell form and function and genetic inheritance during a study of sickle cell disease.
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The Big Break: A Module on Biomedical Engineering Principles and Medical Devices
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Investigate bone healing, fractures, and diseases with an activity involving simulated bone and bone implants.
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Inspired by Real Science: Biomedical Engineering for Breast Cancer Research in the Classroom
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Design a tissue-engineered system using an iterative cycle of development to answer an open-ended question.
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