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Q: How Can I Foster Scientific Literacy in My Students?
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Putting Problem-based Learning in Its Place
Investigating local watersheds through problem-based learning and place-based education
Science and Children—July/August 2022 (Volume 59, Issue 6)
By Erica R. Hamilton, Kimberly Pawelka, Terrie Morrow, and Lisa Marckini-Polk
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The Miracle of Hickory
A multidisciplinary approach to teaching the novel Blue
Science and Children—July/August 2022 (Volume 59, Issue 6)
By Leslie Bradbury, Rachel Wilson, Eric Groce, Kirby Bell, and Carly Mize
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Freezing Lake Phenomenon
Leveraging place to connect teachers and students to complex learning
Science and Children—July/August 2022 (Volume 59, Issue 6)
By Jenna Harvey, Clare Gunshenan, and Martha Inouye
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Creating Opportunities
Strategies for introducing Nature of Science during read-alouds
Science and Children—July/August 2022 (Volume 59, Issue 6)
By Jeanne L. Brunner and Christine McGrail
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Starting With Science
Fifth-grade students develop speaking and listening skills while investigating food webs and habitats
Science and Children—July/August 2022 (Volume 59, Issue 6)
By Jesse Wilcox, Shawna Person, and Catherine Lyons
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Modeling, Reading, and Talking, Oh My!
Using multiple modes to promote sensemaking and scientific literacy in the early elementary grades
Science and Children—July/August 2022 (Volume 59, Issue 6)
By Miranda S. Fitzgerald, Amber S. Bismack, Amelia Wenk Gotwals, Tanya S. Wright, and Erin K. Washburn
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Windows Into Thinking
Scaffolding scientific explanations helps overcome barriers to writing
Science and Children—July/August 2022 (Volume 59, Issue 6)
By Kenneth Fleming, Allison Esparza, Beverly Irby, Rafael Lara-Alecio, Fuhui Tong, and Cindy Guerrero
Teaching Through Trade Books
Energy: A Wild Ride
Science and Children—July/August 2022 (Volume 59, Issue 6)
By Christine Anne Royce
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What Do You Know About Soil?
Using Ideas Inventory Probes
Science and Children—July/August 2022 (Volume 59, Issue 6)
By Page Keeley