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Students may have the impression that all kinds of reaction time responses can be improved through practice. They may believe also that every kind of...
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In this chapter, this story really leaves us hanging! It’s a great one for real investigation! There are two purposes of the story: the first is to ...
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Melting and dissolving are two of the most often misunderstood concepts in both child and adult populations. Many children believe that when a substa...
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Your students will probably not be able to distinguish between heat and temperature as concepts. The main purpose of this chapter and story is to help...
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Students often focus more on the visible properties of objects, like shininess, than the material of which they are actually made. In this chapter, t...
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The story in this chapter has two purposes. One is to apply what is known about pendulums to a new problem and the other is to use technical skills to...
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This chapter’s story is based a bit on the ESS (Elementary Science Study) activity “Mystery Powders.” The problem with the original activity was...
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Your students will probably not consider friction to be a force. In this chapter, the story focuses on friction, both static and kinetic. Jimmy had tr...
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Using the Book and the Stories
It is often difficult for overburdened teachers to develop lessons or activities that are compatible with the everyday life experiences of their stude...
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Using the Book in Different Ways
Although the book was originally designed for use with K–8 students by teachers or adults in informal settings, it became obvious that a book contai...
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There is currently a strong effort to combine science and literacy, because a growing body of research stresses the importance of language in learning...
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The purpose of this story used in this chapter is to help students learn about the source of heat energy that warms their planet. Of course that is t...
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The author’s research and that of others show that children have a difficult time understanding the recycling of organic matter in an ecosystem. The...
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What’s the Moon Like Around the World?
A great deal of confusion arises from the lack of understanding about the Moon’s journey around the Earth and its apparent shape changes. This inves...
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Astronomical rules are not always correct, especially when they use the word “always.” Students should learn that unless they live on or very nea...