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This sample of Up, Up in a Balloon: I Wonder Why gives you a little tease of what the book is about....
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Environments of Our Earth: I Wonder Why sample
In this sample from Environments of Our Earth: I Wonder Why, come learn about the desert environment....
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5E(z) Guidelines for Designing Research- Informed Science Lesson Sequences
Overworked elementary teachers do not have to invest their limited time in creating, field-testing, and revising their own science activities from scr...
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What is wind? What is it made of? What can it do? In this lesson, students explore ways to change the speed and direction of a Ping-Pong ball using a ...
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What’s Hiding in the Woodpile?
Wood comes from trees, right? It is full of potential chemical energy that can produce heat when it is put into a stove or fireplace and burned. Yet, ...
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This story is based upon using solar energy and a variety of materials to modify and channel this energy to capture and hold heat. Almost everybody ha...
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Some students may not believe that it is possible for a puddle that appears larger to evaporate more quickly than one that seems smaller. The story in...
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The main purpose of the “Cheeks” story is to get the children to learn something about the behavior of shadows cast by objects in sunlight. Althou...
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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 theme of the story can be summed up in one word: microclimates. Have you noticed that there are variations among the temperatures broadcasted on y...
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This story is designed to spur an inquiry activity about the process of weathering and soil formation. Evidence lies all around us if we look closely ...
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Students may have the idea that all mountains are volcanoes and were formed by eruptions. The story in this chapter brings up questions about the geol...
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Your students will probably not be aware of the amount of water that covers the Earth’s surface. The story in this chapter will help introduce stude...
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Many of your younger students do not believe that air around us has mass or weight, let alone exerts pressure on us and on everything around us. So, t...
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In 1991 and 1992, John Leach, Bonnie Shapiro, and the author did a study in which they interviewed approximately 400 students from the United Kingdom,...