Health Wise: Dietary Fats: Friend or Foe?

Journal Article | September 2013

This Q&A style column provides up-to-date information on current health topics—helping students (and teachers) make healthy choices. In this month’s issue the author discusses dietary fats.

Assessing for Achievement

Journal Article | October 2013

Formative assessments are woven throughout a series of lessons structured upon the 5E Instructional Model.

Scoring a Goal for Learning

Journal Article | October 2013

Initiating formative assessment practices in kindergarten informs teaching and learning.

Crystal Clear Assessment

Journal Article | October 2013

Techniques for rich, authentic asssessment are revealed through a polymer gel spheres project.

Simply Performance Assessment

Journal Article | October 2013

A fourth-grade lesson on simple machines integrates performance assessment tasks.

... And Action!

Journal Article | October 2013

Using science skits to evaluate students' understanding of science concepts.

Seeing the Science

Journal Article | October 2013

A rubric helps to examine written science observations of second-grade English language learners.

Editor's Note: Seamless Assessment

Journal Article | October 2013

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

Teaching Through Trade Books: Pondering Plants

Journal Article | October 2013

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has students exploring the physical structure of a plant, how a plant grows, and what a plant actually is.

The Early Years: Are They Getting It?

Journal Article | October 2013

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses formative assessment.

Formative Assessment Probes: Is It Melting? Formative Assessment for Teacher Learning

Journal Article | October 2013

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. In this month’s issue the author explores how the formative assessment probe "Is It Melting?" was used to confront teachers with their own alternative…

Engineering Encounters: Engineer It, Learn It: Science and Engineering Practices in Action

Journal Article | October 2013

Step into an elementary classroom to see what Next Generation Science Standards practices look like.

Science 101: What Is the Physics Behind Simple Machines?

Journal Article | October 2013

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. In this month’s issue the author discusses simple machines.

Methods and Strategies: The Sun Is a Star?

Journal Article | October 2013

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue helps students connect scientifically correct ideas to what makes sense to them.

Building Science Literacy by Reading Science News

Journal Article | October 2013

Engage students in reading, analyzing, and discussing science stories in the popular media.