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The Early Years: Teaching Life Cycles Throughout the Year
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s article shows how to introduce children to animals and their offspring commonly seen in children’s literature....
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Formative Assessment Probes: Uncovering Students’ Ideas About Inherited Traits
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses the “Baby Mice” probe, which is designed for middle and high school students, but it can be used with grades 3–5 to elicit students’ initial ideas ab...
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The Early Years: An Activity for Every Child
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue has students developing a seed-planting activity that allows all children to actively participate and document their understanding of see...
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Science 102: A Bunny of a Different Color
This column shares exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue presents a new challenge and answers the Ghostly Images challenge from last month....
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Engineering Encounters: What’s The Buzz on Bees?
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue shares information about a flower anatomy and honeybee pollination unit that incorporates inquiry and engineering....
NSTA Press Book
Adventures With Arthropods: Eco-Friendly Lessons for Middle School
If you’ve ever wished you could teach with tarantulas—or roly polys, or Madagascar hissing cockroaches—this is the resource for you. It tells how to help middle schoolers get up close and personal with amazing arthropods, the bugs that make up ...
By Ron Wagler
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Formative Assessment Probes: Vocabulary in Context: What Is an Amphibian?
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue explores what characteristics make an amphibian....