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How Can Playing With a Motion Detector Help Children Learn to Write Clear Sequential Directions?
Kathleen Dillon Hogan is a kindergarten teacher in the Calvert County, Maryland, public schools. When this paper was written, she was a first-grade te...
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This curriculum, A Head Start on Science, was written to help adults facilitate young children’s learning as they work as partners to explore thei...
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Introduction: The Environmental Context
The argument for teaching science in the environmental context is based on the reality of the science-environment relationship and on the potential th...
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As stated in “About This Book,” the author isn’t going to take the usual approach to the subject of chemistry. Because virtually all explanation...
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At the end of the first chapter, you realized, hopefully, that the model of an atom that we have so far (Rutherford’s model of a concentrated positi...
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In thinking about a title for this chapter, the word periodicity came to mind. I was sure this had some kind of pop culture reference. After discuss...
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Let’s Get Together … Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Ah yes, the theme song from one of the strangest movies of all time—Parent Trap. The original, that is, with Hayley Mills. I was in love with her ba...
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We now know enough about atoms and how they combine to investigate a number of different chemical reactions. We’ll even be able to represent those r...
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The word organic has lots of meanings in everyday life. Organic vegetables are ones grown without pesticides and organic beef comes from cattle that...
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Advocacy and the Planning Process
Science educators believe that students construct their knowledge of the natural world best in safe, secure, and stimulating learning environments. In...
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Current Trends and Future Directions in Science Education: Breaking Down the Walls
The simplest educational concept—and perhaps the most significant—to consider in designing tomorrow’s science programs is inquiry. In keeping wi...
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In order for students to inquire confidently, we must create safe classroom environments. Safety is not just a set of rules but a state of mind, and p...
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Designing Facilities for the Middle School (6-8)
A high-quality middle school science program requires science classrooms with safe, well-designed laboratory space, and school designers must consider...
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Designing Facilities for the High School (9-12)
When we participate in a school building program, we create learning environments that will last for many decades. So a major principle of good scienc...
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While everyone in a school community should share responsibility for the “greening” of a school, it is often the science teachers who make the bes...