All Science and Children resources

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Editor's Note: Map Reader

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

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A Message From the NSTA President: Spirit, Opportunity, and Innovation: Science Education for a Smarter Planet

NSTA's 2011–2012 president writes a message for science educators....

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The Early Years: A Sense of Place

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this month’s issue students learn to use the school yard as a model....

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Guest Editorial: Minds, Models, and Maps

An opinion piece about the benefits of visual learning devices....

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Formative Assessment Probes: Where Are the Stars?

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. In this month’s issue the author explores children's knowledge of where the stars are in relation to the Earth and Moon....

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Museum Connections

Leaders at a nature museum share their knowledge of how to structure a learning environment to guide children's development of science skills. They also created a classroom self-assessment tool for early childhood and early elementary educators to us...

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Shifting to an Inquiry-Based Experience

The authors provide a prescriptive, step-by-step method to convert a cookbook lab into an inquiry-based science experience....

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Formative Assessment Probes: With a Purpose

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. In this month’s issue the author uses the stages of the SAIL Cycle to reflect upon and share some of the ways the probes published in Science and Children (2010-2011) can be used to inte...

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Step Up to Full Inquiry

The author provides five guidelines for designing inquiry lessons within any grade level....

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Feed Up, Feedback, and Feed Forward

In this article the authors describe how a kindergarten science teacher uses the feed up, feedback, and feed forward inquiry-based approach to assessment during a unit on conservation of resources....

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The Early Years: Measuring Learning

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this month’s issue the activity assesses what children understand about measurement....