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Weather. Doesn’t that sound like an easy topic to teach and learn? Children experience it without effort and without even thinking about it. But, th...

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Methods and Strategies: Making the Climate Connection

This article presents classroom resources for teaching both weather and climate along with background resources for teachers who want to beef up their...

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Look! It Is Going to Rain

It is important to help young children make connections between events in their lives and science concepts in preschool classrooms, so introducing bas...

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Every Day Science: April 2010

This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...

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Time for a Change

Fifth graders in Mrs. Caldwell’s class would soon experience a “change” as they made the transition from elementary to middle school. Participat...

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Every Day Science: May 2010

This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...

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Cruising the Climate With Spreadsheets

Electronic spreadsheets and online weather databases are excellent tools for making real-world comparisons of local, national, and global climate tren...

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Dress for the Weather

“If someone were traveling to our area for the first time during this time of year, what would you tell them to bring to wear? Why?” This question...

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Science Shorts: The Reasons for the Seasons

Ask a fifth-grader why he or she believes Earth has seasons, and the answer usually involves a mistaken notion about Earth’s distance from the Sun. ...

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Teaching Temperature With Project-Based Learning

In this project-based unit on weather, a fictional director of a Hungarian Wildlife Refuge invites fourth-grade students to determine whether the back...

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Science 101: How are skyscrapers designed?

Building a structure that stands hundreds or thousands of feet in the air incorporates all aspects of the design process. There are clear goals, const...

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First-Grade Engineers

Can students build a house that is cost effective and strong enough to survive strong winds, heavy rains, and earthquakes? First graders in Ms. Peter�...

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Potato Problem Solving

“Watch out, the stove will burn you,” “Ooh, ice cream headache!” Students construct their conceptions about heat and temperature through their...