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The Early Years: Taking Math Outside

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue uses children’s interest in collect...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Environmental Science Mathematics Crosscutting Concepts Inquiry Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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Introducing Crosscutting Concepts in the Elementary Grades

Four years ago, I moved from teaching middle school science to teaching grades 2–5 STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) la...

By Cindy Workosky

Early Childhood Elementary Preschool Biology Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Multilingual Learners Equity General Science Inquiry Labs Learning Progression Lesson Plans Life Science Literacy New Science Teachers NGSS Phenomena Preservice Science Education Science and Engineering Practices Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Interactive E-book Kids

Sound All Around

The Sound All Around interactive e-book uses a variety of everyday events to introduce the concept of sound. Students explore how to make sounds, how ...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool General Science Physical Science STEM Technology 5E Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry Learning Progression Lesson Plans NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Literacy

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The Early Years: Mixing Materials

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses how students can observe th...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Chemistry Physical Science

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The Early Years: Exploring Biodiversity

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. The objective in this month’s issue is to introduce chil...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Biology Life Science

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The Poetry of Science: Citizen Science

Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. Talking about this poem shows how regular people can join with scientists to study nature and observe p...

Early Childhood Elementary Informal Education General Science Teaching Strategies Citizen Science

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The Early Years: Looking at Landscapes

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this month’s issue students study landscape surfaces ...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Earth & Space Science Environmental Science

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Editor's Note: Early Childhood Engagement in Science

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

Early Childhood Pre-service Teachers STEM Lesson Plans