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Every Day Science: September 2009

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

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How do young children develop their ideas about science and scientists’ work in their first year of school? How do we teach them to believe they are...

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Forest or Field?

An open field—with its wildflowers, grasses, and vole tunnels—became an instant classroom. Students’ senses were awakened there, and upon enteri...

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The Early Years: Planting Before Winter

Planting flower bulbs is a wonderful activity for many reasons: learning about the life cycle of a plant bulb teaches children about seasonal changes ...

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What Grows There?

Even though students see plants all around them, they tend to ignore them. Animal studies usually get all the “press.” As a naturalist, children�...

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Science Shorts: Gourd-ous Decomposition

While pumpkins are an iconic symbol in the classroom that represent fall, harvest time, and Halloween, they are also an ideal subject for teaching ele...

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Teaching through Trade Books: A Habitat Is a Home

We all have our own habitats, and this month students spend time thinking about what other organisms need to survive, what types of habitats they live...