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Editor's Note: Earth's Place in the Universe—Understanding Develops Over Time
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Sunrise, Sunset, and Shadows
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue discusses how making observations and collecting data about sunrise and sunset can help students develop an understanding of Earth's…
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The Early Years: The Earth-Sun System
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue has children measuring the length of their shadow at two different times of the day to learn about how the…
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Formative Assessment Probes: Mountaintop Fossil: A Puzzling Phenomenon
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue describes using formative assement probes to uncover several ways of thinking about the puzzling discovery of a marine fossil on top of a…
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Safety First: Preventing Allergic Reactions
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the importance of being aware of (and prepared for) the different types of allergy symptoms.
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Science 101: What Is the Controlling Force in the Universe?
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue takes a deeper look at the four known forces in the universe.
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Science 102: This Month's Question
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This column contains exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue discusses static charge buildup.
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Engineering Encounters: Creating a Prosthetic Hand
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3D Printers innovate and inspire a maker movement.
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Methods and Strategies: A Model of Shared Language
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue describes an inquiry-based science instructional model that supports language learning within hands-on student-directed…
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My Journey to Understand and Implement the NGSS
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One educator shares the story of how she engaged and ultimately embraced the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Assessing Science Practices: Moving Your Class Along a Continuum
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Evaluate the quality of students' science practices to help you design lessons that target problem areas.
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Present, Critique, Reflect, and Refine
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Promote deeper conceptual understanding and model the work of scientists with this four-step strategy.
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Argumentation and Explanation: Tools for Using Them Together While Keeping Them Separate
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Learn how these science practices can be taught in unison without confusing the two concepts.
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Use these tools to help students ask better questions and define problems with more confidence.
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The ICAN Intervention: Helping Science Learners Make Connections to Content During Inquiry
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Support inquiry-oriented instruction with probes that assess students' science practices and content knowledge.
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