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Editor's Note: Hard to Learn; Hard to Teach

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

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This article describes a learning experience that follows an alternate approach to integrating science and literacy. Teachers use a narrative to encou...

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How Does Force Affect Motion?

Students clear up science misconceptions when they learn about the "fantastic four" ways in which force affects motion. ...

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Energy Makes Things Happen

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue attempts to shed light on the topic of energy....

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The Spider Files

Firsthand experience with spiders debunks student misconceptions. The activities and methods described in this third-grade lesson can be applied to a ...

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Guest Editorial: Hard to Teach Does Not Mean Impossible

An opinion piece about difficult-to-teach topics....

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Methods and Strategies: Selecting Appropriate Topics

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue looks at why some science topics seemingly present ro...

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Experiencing Friction in First Grade

First-grade students explore friction and use technology to collect data during a unit on forces and motion....

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Changes Matter!

This 10-day unit on physical and chemical changes was presented in a fifth-grade classroom. Throughout the unit students had to cite multiple indicato...

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This is Inquiry ... Right?

Strategies for effectively adapting elementary science lessons....