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Making time for science is a genuine complaint among classroom teachers. As a former fifth-grade teacher and district curriculum coordinator, the auth...
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Guest Editorial: Helping Young Learners Make Sense of Data—A 21st-Century Capability
Providing opportunities for students to ask questions about scientific phenomena they encounter in their world is a critical aspect of students learni...
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This inquiry-based investigation focused on shadow measurement and the apparent movement of the Sun throughout the school year. Students would collect...
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Science 101: What is the best way to represent data?
To answer that question, let’s look at various ways to represent data. Below are several situations along with graphs or charts that help visualize ...
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Thought-Provoking Questions
Why, what, and how: Three words that young students often speak when they are full of questions about activities and experiences in their daily lives....
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In addition to meeting National Science Education Standards (NSES) related to the history and nature of science (NOS), reading or hearing about real s...
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The “Testable Question Relay” was created as part of a fourth-grade unit on conducting science experiments. In the relay, student teams raced to �...
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Science 101: What causes things to rust?
The simple answer is that things rust when you leave them out in the rain. But maybe you want a more thorough answer. Rust is a form of corrosion, whi...
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The Early Years: Investigable Questions
Teachers may not need to teach children to ask questions, just develop that safe place where questions can be voiced, observe children to see the ques...
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Having taught K–12 students and preservice teachers for almost 20 years, the author knows the problems that arise when students are asked to generat...