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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
Journal Article
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....
Journal Article
Early Years: What Other Colors Can Bean Seeds Be?
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this month’s issue students design a planting system to explore what seeds need to germinate (sprout) and grow into plants....
Journal Article
Science 101: How Do Amphibians Breathe?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses how all animals breathe, including amphibians....
Blog Post
You Teach What? I’m So Sorry! Building a Better Body and Building Better Argumentation
I am always amazed at the looks on people’s faces when I tell them I teach middle school. They seem to pity me for having a position I chose and love! They inform me that middle school “tween-agers” are argumentative, stubborn, and at times, ad...
By Cindy Workosky
Journal Article
Engineering Encounters: The Internet of Things for Kids
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In the “Talking Window Garden” project, students create “smart” plant pots that use sensors to collect and analyze data on the health of their plants....
Journal Article
Establish a breeding group of “roly polys” and examine the stimuli that affect their behavior....
Blog Post
My ‘Phenomenal’ Journey in Elementary
I am the type of educator who gets very excited about new strategies, new and innovative technology, and new activities for students. However, I was more nervous about than excited about to choosing phenomena for my science units. I felt tremendous p...
By Cindy Workosky