All Science and Children resources

Journal Article

The creation of schoolyard gardens is a growing movement in the United States and around the world (Ballard, Tong, and Usher 1998; Pope 1998; Lewis 20...

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Editor’s Note: Plants and Their Partners

Plants are a ubiquitous piece of the elementary science curriculum. By the time they reach middle school, students have often grown enough bean seeds ...

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Methods and Strategies: Being Deliberate About Concept Development

In order to move students’ thinking from the exploration experiences to concept understanding (and thus the ability to then apply that understanding...

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Editor’s Note: Record Keeping in Science

Records show others what data you have collected and under what conditions. Without records, patterns escape notice. Records also provide accountabili...

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Just Like Real Scientists

How do you inspire students to keep records like scientists? Share the primary research of real scientists and explicitly teach students how to keep r...

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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my! Digital cameras, young inquisitive scientists, give it a try! In this project, students create an open-ended question...

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Practitioner Research Success!

Practitioner research is an ongoing, reflective process in which inservice teachers (i.e., practitioners) ask questions about their day-to-day teachin...

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The Early Years: What Sort of Feather?

What do feathers have to do with flying? How is a feather like a hair? Do all feathers look the same or serve the same purpose? What does a feather lo...

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Methods and Strategies: Enhancing Science for ELLs

The elementary classroom is changing, and English Language Learners (ELLs) are frequently a part of the mainstream classroom, learning alongside of na...