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The Early Years: Adding Up the Rain
Having your class measure and record the amount of precipitation that falls daily is a job young children can do as part of learning about measurement and weather. Summer is a good time to prepare to teach about recording precipitation so you can beg...
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Every Day Science Calendar: August 2009
This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...
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YouTube in the Science Classroom
YouTube makes it possible for teachers to capitalize on children’s insatiable appetite for visually stimulating learning. Some of these videos attain “viral” status, getting passed on from person to person and by links on other sites. Not only ...
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Methods and Strategies: Avoiding the Big Scare
Teaching environmental issues to K–12 students is an important part of a well-rounded science education. Teaching such issues isn’t easy because some of these issues are inherently frightening. Humans certainly cause changes in their environment,...
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Every Day Science Calendar (April 2009)
This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...
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What happens when children and scientists learn together? A partnership is formed, that’s what! This article describes how a university scientist and a teacher teamed up with a local fourth-grade teacher to provide a unique opportunity for students...
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In an integrated science/language arts/technology unit called “How Scientists Learn,” students researched famous scientists from the past and cutting-edge modern-day scientists. Using biography trade books and the internet, students collected and...
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Every Day Science Calendar (May 2009)
This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...
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How could a rock formed by volcanic activity get to this shoreline, surrounded by sedimentary rocks? That was the question a group of third-grade students asked—and answered—during an inquiry-based summer camp. Over a two week timeframe, the stud...
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The Artistic Oceanographer Program
The Artistic Oceanographer Program (AOP) was designed to engage elementary school students in ocean sciences and to illustrate basic fifth-grade science and art standards with ocean-based examples. The program combines short science lessons, hands-on...