By Mary Bigelow
Posted on 2016-01-26
All three journals this month include the article Addressing Three Common Myths About the Next Generation Science Standards – another must-read article that applies to all grade levels and science subjects.
Science and Children – Physical Science in Early Childhood
Our youngest students are inquisitive about the physical world – gravity, matter, weather, motion, the solar system, sound, light… Here are suggestions for building on their natural curiosity and their questions about the world around them.
For more on the content that provides a context for these projects and strategies see the SciLinks websites for Colors, Forces and Motions, Light, Matter, Pinhole Images, Properties of Matter, Reflection, Reptiles, Sound, States of Matter, UV Index, Vibration.
Continue for Science Scope and The Science Teacher.
Science Scope – Ecology and Biology
For more on the content that provides a context for these projects and strategies see the SciLinks websites for Bacteria, Biomedical Engineer, Cell Features, Cell Growth, Disease, Ecosystems, Food Webs, Habitats and Niches, Marine Ecosystems, Microbes, Modern Epidemics, Pathogens, Watersheds.
The Career of the Month: Agricultural Engineer in The Science Teacher could also fit with this month’s theme.
The Science Teacher – Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
“Science is all about asking questions and constructing explanations, while engineering focuses on defining problems and designing solutions. I think of science as the quest for timeless truths and engineering as the search for design solutions rooted in a particular time and situation… Science and engineering work hand in hand to understand and address major challenges confronting our world…” TST Field Editor Steve Metz
For more on the content that provides a context for these projects and strategies see the SciLinks websites for Chromatography, Distillation, Dominant and Recessive Traits, Eclipses, El Niño, Electric Circuits, Genetics, Hurricanes, Lakes and Ponds, Pinhole Images, Proteins, Protein/ Enzymes, Robots, Salamanders.
Check out the Teach Engineering site for more lessons that integrate science and engineering in real-life scenarios.
All three journals this month include the article Addressing Three Common Myths About the Next Generation Science Standards – another must-read article that applies to all grade levels and science subjects.