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Methods and Strategies: The Reflective Assessment Technique
Teachers often rely on student questions, their observations of students at work, and their own intuition to monitor how well students are learning. H...
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Natural Resources: Winter Secrets
The obvious signs of winter: red noses, colorful scarves, fidgety students. The not-so-obvious? A gall on a branch, red berries, shortening days. This...
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Science Shorts: Snowflake Symmetry
Even if you get snow in your area, studying real snowflakes in situ can be challenging, but you can still develop a dynamic, hands- and minds-on explo...
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The Early Years: Paths of Light
Exploring light is part of the National Science Education Content Standard B: Physical Science. Introduce reflection when you see children noticing th...
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“I have no energy! Energy is everywhere! Solar energy comes from the Sun. Energy drinks give you energy!” These are the typical responses from six...
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Science 101: How do the new fluorescent lightbulbs work?
This is a timely question; given that in 2012 incandescent bulbs (the regular lightbulbs you’ve used for many years) won’t meet energy efficiency ...
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In this article, the authors present a sequence of activities from a curriculum about light for third and fourth graders that supports students in lea...
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Discover Reading
We often gloss over the history of science—the women and men who have made advancements in the area of scientific discovery. These notable individua...
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How can you connect, supplement, and extend students’ firsthand investigations? Look toward your bookshelves for a clue. Books and other textual mat...
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Students can’t ask for much more fun than skateboarding during class time. With some additional concept learning, that kind of fun can be incorporat...
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Editor’s Note: Arguing Versus Scientific Argumentation
Scientific argumentation is a valid and effective way to involve students in voicing their opinions based on evidence. It helps in the development of ...
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Argumentation in science involves offering and responding to claims, providing and asking for evidence or justifications, and analyzing those claims t...
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“The Wheel of Scientific Investigation and Reasoning” (Kramer 1987; Paul and Binker 1992) is a graphic representation of the scientific investigat...