Research and Teaching: Successive Concept Mapping

Journal Article | November 2003

As alternatives to multiple-choice tests, concept maps offer user-friendly ways of evaluating learning. At the same time, they encourage and reward real understanding. The authors explored the value of using successive…

The Discovery of <em> Jelly bellicus </em>

Journal Article | January 2007

Finding an engaging way to teach students the basic principles of natural selection and how evolution is significant to their lives can be a difficult task. As a result, the authors implemented an activity published by…

Collaborating with WISE Scientists

Journal Article | August 2003

Through an interactive partnership, fifth-grade students collected data on plants and joined an active scientific community of working scientists. This Web-based Integrated Science Environment (WISE) project involved…

Developing a Scientific Argument

Journal Article | June 2013

Modeling and practice help students build skills in oral and written discourse.

Any Questions?

Journal Article | June 2013

Want to stimulate student curiosity? Let them ask the questions.

Using Language Positively

Journal Article | June 2013

How to encourage negotiation in the classroom: Language behaviors that teachers use in the classroom determine who can talk, under what conditions, and for how long. These behaviors can be used effectively in the…

Advocating Through Argumentation

Journal Article | June 2013

Supporting claims with evidence helps students develop an understanding of the impact of extinction.

Negotiating the Way to Inquiry

Journal Article | June 2013

Encouraging negotiation early in the year promotes scientific communication.

Hamsters, Picture Books, and Engineering Design

Journal Article | June 2013

A STEM unit teaches primary students about engineering design.

Editor's Note: Looking Forward

Journal Article | June 2013

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

Guest Editorial: A Look Back

Journal Article | June 2013

An opinion piece from a former editor of Science and Children.

Teaching Through Trade Books: 3-2-1 Blast Off

Journal Article | June 2013

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has students investigating space travel by designing their own rockets and manipulating variables to determine if the rocket's…

The Early Years: Pondering Strawberries

Journal Article | June 2013

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue talks about students growing plants and discussing evidence for how plants reproduce.

Formative Assessment Probes: Is It a Solid? Claim Cards and Argumentation

Journal Article | June 2013

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses students' ideas about solids and the macroscopic properties they use to decide whether a material is a solid.

Methods and Strategies: Greenteam: A Community Collaboration Celebrates Environmental Science

Journal Article | June 2013

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue describes a science ecology club and an environmental education family science night.