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Methods and Strategies: Seeding Science in Elementary Schools
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue descibes a school-university partnership that helps ensure the youngest students experience a rich science curriculum.
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Bringing STEM to the Elementary Classroom (e-book)
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Many resources help you encourage young children to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). But only this book of quality STEM experiences was curated by the veteran educator who edits Science and…
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This article describes a science inquiry course for elementary education majors to provide opportunities for students to engage in science and engineering problem solving and to develop an understanding of the nature of…
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Exploring Safely: A Guide for Elementary Teachers (e-book)
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Take the fear factor out of science lessons. This easy-to-digest book relieves many of the safety worries that come with teaching science in elementary school. The emphasis is on positive options for heading off…
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Methods and Strategies: Teaching the Nature of Science to Elementary Students
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue shares activities so that elementary students can learn about Nature of Science. When effectively integrated into inquiry…
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A Year of Inquiry: A Collection for Elementary Educators (e-book)
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“Over the years, the Science and Children editorial team has received a significant number of manuscripts that focus on inquiry. …But no matter how many articles we publish on the topic, the interest in inquiry has not…
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A Cancer Education Curriculum for Underserved Elementary School Children
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Learn how Los Angeles educators implemented a new curriculum to teach underserved elementary students about basic cancer concepts. In spring 2018, the University of Southern California’s (USC) Joint…
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Improving Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Writing in a Science Context
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The authors investigated whether a series of mini prewriting assignments linked to a formal paper describing an original research project would improve preservice elementary teachers’ writing abilities in a science…
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Commentary: Working With Elementary and Middle School Science Teachers
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Have you ever seen a fellow high school science teacher throw up his or her hands and say, “What are they teaching kids in elementary- and middle-level science?” Perhaps rather than pointing fingers, we should be…