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Commentary: The Case for Integrated Science

An opinion piece about the increasing interest in high school integrated science courses throughout the United States....

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Spatial Thinking Strategies: Promoting cognitive processes in the elementary classroom

While some people consider spatial thinking a “gift” that only some individuals have, many others view spatial thinking as a cognitive process tha...

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Nature in the City: Outdoor projects for urban schools

This article provides three, inquiry-based activities that help urban students learn about nature—observing coloration patterns of pigeons, measurin...

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Learning from Problems

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a powerful vehicle for inquiry-based learning in which students use an authentic problem as the context for an in-dept...

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Editor's Note: Stand Up and Be Counted

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

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Life Cycle of a Pencil

Before you throw an object into the air, it is wise to remember that “What goes up must come down.” Similarly, before you throw an object away, yo...

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Sound Ecology

Problem-based learning is a powerful tool that motivates students to learn problem solving through investigation and research. The problems should be ...

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Curriculum with a Common Thread: Teachers create a project-based interdisciplinary curriculum with science as the foundation

Imagine studying the history and technology of the Civil War through photographs taken at that time and learning about the chemistry and mathematics o...

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Hands-On Thunderstorms: Activities to help students and teachers understand thunderstorms and severe weather

Have you ever wondered how thunderstorms actually form? Offering an age-appropriate explanation can be quite challenging because thunderstorms are ver...

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Get Connected to Science: The possibilities abound with today's high-tech classroom resources

Too often classroom computers are used for word processing or drill and practice software. However, these uses don’t begin to tap into the rewards o...

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Springtime Flights of Fancy

Students of all ages are fascinated by space because it represents a mysterious frontier, and rockets excite students because they represent the means...

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Communication Problems in a Distance-Education Setting: Diminishing the Impersonal Nature of a Distance-Education Classroom

At Central Washington University, groups of on-campus and distance education students in an elementary science methods class interacted with each othe...

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The Case Study: Death in a Viennese Maternity Ward—Childbed Fever—A Nineteenth-Century Mystery

This case provides a brief, factual account of the pioneering work of Ignaz Semmelweis and his efforts to remedy the problem of childbed fever. The ca...

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Engaging Science

One of your greatest challenges as a new teacher is learning how to engage your students. If students aren’t actively involved in the learning proce...

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Some Practical Tips for Instituting Investigative Biology Laboratories: The Nuts and Bolts of Successful Laboratory Instruction

This paper describes some of the nuts and bolts problems associated with making the transition from traditionally taught laboratories to investigative...