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To guide kindergarteners in developing a deeper understanding of an earthworm's life cycle, its feeding habits, and its role as a decomposer, the auth...

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Taking Engineering Design Out for a Spin

How a simple whirligig design challenge can highlight both inquiry and design....

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Methods and Strategies: Unlocking the Power of Visual Communication

Interactive read-alouds help students decode science diagrams and other visual information....

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Cost or Quality?

Teaching fourth and fifth graders about engineering optimization and trade-offs....

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Strong STEMs Need Strong Sprouts!

In this article students examine how and why plants work through in-depth investigations based on their questions that go far beyond a first-grade und...

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Shedding Light on Engineering Design

Scientific inquiry leads to an engineering challenge and both are illuminated. The authors share their instructional approach and demonstrate how teac...

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Science 101: Do Moving Objects "Carry" a Force With Them?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses how forces change the motion of an object....