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Formative Assessment Probes: Is It Erosion or Weathering?
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. The formative assessment probe in this month’s issue can be used as an initial elicitation before students are introduced to the formal concepts of weathering and erosion....
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Science 101: Does the Earth Have Any Natural Ways to Adjust the CO<sub>2</sub> in the Atmosphere?
This column contains exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue discusses ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere....
NSTA Press Book
Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More
Solar Science offers more than three dozen hands-on, inquiry-based activities on many fascinating aspects of solar astronomy. The activities cover the Sun’s motions, space weather caused by the Sun, the measurement of time and seasons in our daily ...
By Dennis Schatz, Andrew Fraknoi
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Science 101: What Does the Sun Send to the Earth?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses electromagnetic waves....
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Editor's Note: Earth's Place in the Universe—Understanding Develops Over Time
Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Safer Science: Safety Acknowledgment Form for Earth and Space Science
This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses why Earth and space science teachers need to include guidelines specific to their discipline when creating a safety acknowledgment for...
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Editor's Note: Earth's Systems: Climate
Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Science 101: What Are the Earth's Heating and Cooling Mechanisms?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses some of the mechanisms of Earth that are related to global warming and climate change....