All Science and Children resources

Journal Article

Methods and Strategies: Using Learning Progressions to Monitor Progress Across Grades

Learning progressions (LPs)—descriptive continuums of how students develop and demonstrate more sophisticated understanding over time—have become an increasingly important tool in today’s science classrooms. Here the author discusses some of th...

Journal Article

Editor’s Note: Reaching Out

The National Science Education Teaching Standards state that students should be provided with opportunities to use resources outside the classroom (Standard D; NRC 1996). Involving parents in learning, including informal learning sites, and tapping i...

Journal Article

The Built Environment

For a science teacher in a city, it can sometimes be a challenge to find curricula that are geared specifically toward urban students. The author tackled this dilemma by creating a unit that focused on the urban surroundings experienced by his second...

Journal Article

Natural Resources: Outdoor Classrooms

An outdoor classroom is the ideal vehicle for community involvement: Parents, native plant societies, 4-H, garden clubs, and master naturalists are all resources waiting to be tapped, as are local businesses offering support. If you enlist your commu...

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From Mystery Seed to Mangrove Island

Introducing a mystery object is an easy strategy to implement and allows teachers to pre-assess students’ knowledge about local natural resources. Misconceptions can be noted as teachers record initial inquiries and wonderings on charts. Using the ...