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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has books that help children focus on what the wind can do so they can understand that wind has power and can be used to simply blow items around or generate wi...

Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials

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Editor's Note: Student Interests: Tapping Into Passion

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

General Science Instructional Materials Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena

Journal Article

Scope on Safety: Safety in Videos

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue addresses safety issues that accompany the increased access to and use of experiments found in videos....

Middle School Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Safety

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Translating the NGSS for Classroom Instruction

With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), you need a resource to help you answer pressing questions about how the standards fit with your curriculum, instruction, and assessments. Rodger W. Bybee has written Translating the NG...

By Rodger Bybee

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Flying Machines

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue uses two fiction trade books to inspire students to design and test various flying machines....

Early Childhood Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials