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This chapter provides guidance on how you can create 5Es that translate the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Activities are presented follow...
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Teaching About Heat and Temperature Using an Investigative Demonstration
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter can be used as a st...
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Investigating Change Using the Invisible Test Tube Demonstration
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. In this chapter, the model lesso...
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There’s More to Magnetism Than Objects Being Attracted to Refrigerators
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter explores a phenomen...
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Making the Connections: Addressing Students’ Misconceptions of Circuits
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. In this chapter, elementary stud...
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Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter offers a 5E lesson ...
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Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This lesson is one step in helpi...
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A Natural Storyline for Learning About Ecosystems
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. In this chapter, the third-grade...
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The Grand Erosion Investigation
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. In this chapter, the fourth-grad...
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Leadership and Lessons Learned
This chapter takes you through five key points for putting an “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice using Predict, Observe, and Explain ...
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Science and Religion as Part of Our Professional Responsibilities
In this first chapter, we make the argument that addressing science and religion is, in fact, part of our collective job. We review four domains of sc...
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The Need for History and Evolution as a Science-Religion Case Study
This chapter begins with introducing Ian Barbour, who is generally credited with establishing science-religion interactions as a historical discipline...
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The Arc of History Bends Toward Teaching Evolution
This chapter emphasizes the historical roots and persistence of opposition to evolution given that it is the most prevalent science-religion theme. Te...
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As you consider your current approach to teaching topics at the intersection of science and religion, we hope you’ll consider both the legal paramet...
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The research on the Creation Museum informed the focus of this chapter for providing teachers a broader context of the public’s varying attitudes, b...