Teaching through Trade: Life-Cycle Science

Journal Article | March 2003

The lifecycle of the butterfly is commonly taught at the elementary level. This month's column focuses on the book Waiting for Wings. Background information and activities for grades K-3 and 4-6 are included.

Formative Assessment Probes: Uncovering Representations of the Water Cycle

Journal Article | December 2017

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue explores the effect of representations on children’s thinking about evaporation and the water cycle.

The Early Years: Teaching Life Cycles Throughout the Year

Journal Article | January 2018

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s article shows how to introduce children to animals and their offspring commonly seen in children’s literature.

Formative Assessment Probes: Does It Have a Life Cycle?

Journal Article | October 2010

If life continues from generation to generation, then all plants and animals must go through a life cycle, even though it may be different from organism to organism. Is this what students have “learned,” or do they have…

Sticking Together: A learning cycle investigation about water

Journal Article | October 2002

Science educators are consistently challenged to seek ways to help students make meaning of difficult and often abstract concepts. This learning cycle investigation was designed to serve this purpose on important…