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  • Predict, Observe, Explain: Activities Enhancing Scientific Understanding (e-book)

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    John Haysom and Michael Bowen provide middle and high school science teachers with more than 100 student activities to help the students develop their understanding of scientific concepts. The powerful Predict, Observe…

  • Professional Learning Communities for Science Teaching: Lessons From Research and Practice (e-book)

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    What would it take to move your school or district closer toward a culture that supports and sustains professional learning communities (PLCs)? This thought-provoking collection of stories detailing seven…

  • Project Earth Science: Astronomy, Revised 2nd Edition (e-book)

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    How well can your students … • Illustrate the reason for Earth’s seasons? • Explain how far a light year is? • Simulate the phases of the Moon? • Describe the effects of greenhouse gases? •…

  • Project Earth Science: Geology, Revised 2nd Edition (e-book)

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    How well can your students … • Explain the distribution of earthquakes? • Model volcanic eruptions? • Demonstrate plate motions and interactions? • Describe seafloor changes? • Think in terms of…

  • Project Earth Science: Meteorology, Revised 2nd Edition (e-book)

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    Can your students— • Track a hurricane? • Illustrate the inside of a thunderstorm? • Describe the basics of urban air quality? • Make rain fall on their desks? Project Earth Science:…

  • Quantoons (e-book)

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    Do you crave both physics problems and captivating illustrations? If your answer is "yes", look no further! Quantoons combines challenging problems and provocative quotes with intricate drawings that mix Isaac Newton…

  • Science Sampler: The experiment event

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    The annual Experiment Event is the culminating activity of an extensive study of questioning, problem solving, and the inquiry process. Easily addressing national and state standards for science inquiry, the Experiment…

  • Testing the Waters: The standards saturate schoolwide water theme

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    In a small rural school in southwest Missouri, coordination of a schoolwide water theme provided students with science learning experiences with a Science-Technology-Society orientation reflecting many of the Standards…

  • Idea Bank: Observing Sunspots

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    This activity introduces students to daylight astronomy and can be done right in a classroom with windows and direct exposure to the Sun. Tips for making observations of the Sun safely are included.

  • Bread Making: Classic Biotechnology and Experimental Design

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    Bread making activities can help students meet local and national standards for scientific inquiry, experimental design, and problem solving. In the first activity, students make and observe yeast solutions. Then they…

  • Student Poster Sessions

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    Poster presentations are one way scientists present their latest research findings at professional meetings. This format also works well in the classroom and gives students the opportunity to communicate the results of…

  • Indicators for Inquiry

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    Fifth-grade students use homemade plant-based acid/base indicators to learn about matter at an age-appropriate level and develop process skills. As a result of completing this lesson sequence the students should be able…

  • Capturing the Sights and Sounds of Aquatic Life

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    When working with elementary students, one never knows when that moment of “magic” will happen. For the author, an environmentalist who also conducts outreach activities with elementary students, one of the best of…

  • Secret Message Science Goggles

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    Imagine looking at a picture of a brightly colored frog. Put on your color filter science goggles, and the frog is gone! Imagine writing a message that can only be read with your special science goggles. Now imagine…

  • Editor's Note: The Bottom Line

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

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