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  • Amazing Muses of Science

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    An interdisciplinary project creates awareness of female scientists.

  • Ornithologists By Design

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    Kindergarteners design, construct, and evaluate bird feeders.

  • Start With a Story

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    Five schools and a zoo use the one book, one community model to bridge STEM into STEAM.

  • Luminous Lighting

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    In this STEAM activity, students create wire sculptures that light up.

  • Editor's Note: STEAM: Beyond the Acronym

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

  • Teaching Through Trade Books: The Science of Art

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    This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue allows students to explore the components of STEAM through a favorite art supply, the crayon, and a beloved American tradition, the…

  • Planning NGSS-Based Instruction: Where Do You Start?

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    Allow students to pursue their own questions as you work to incorporate the NGSS into your curriculum.

  • The Early Years: Fostering Environmental Stewardship

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    This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue includes an activity that aims to strengthen teachers’ awareness of how children learn in the STEAM…

  • Safety First: Safety Picks Up “STEAM”

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    This column shares safety information for your classroom. At the elementary level, teachers have inherently integrated STEAM, compared to their secondary-level counterparts. However, with this approach comes an even…

  • Science 101: What’s Going on When You Mix Colors?

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    This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue helps teachers to understand color mixing so that they can teach this information to students.

  • Linked In

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    Using modeling as a link to other scientific practices, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts.

  • The Modeling Toolkit

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    Making student thinking visible with public representations.

  • Editor's Corner: Developing and Using Models

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    The Science Teacher’s guest editor shares thoughts on the current issue.

  • Science 2.0: Collaborative Microscopy

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    This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue highlights the new digital microscopes.

  • The Green Room: Underlying Causes of Environmental Problems

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    This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue focuses on human population growth and consumption patterns.

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