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Process Skills Practice and Standardized Tests

Faced with the prospect of giving fifth graders a state science test, teachers often review previous grade-level science content or use test-review bo...

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Science Shorts: Organizing Weather Data

Often in schools, children collect weather data as part of their morning meeting or calendar time. These common primary level activities lend themselv...

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An O-“fish”-ial Research Project

In this “O-“fish”-ial” research project, third-grade students use multiple resources to research several fish species, write a research paper ...

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Perspectives: ELLs and the Language of School Science

In science, language denotes the relationship among ideas (e.g., cause/effect; instance/generalization; individual/group member), with features that a...

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Science 101: How does a scientific theory become a scientific law?

A theory doesn’t become a law. End of story, end of this issue of Science 101. Just kidding—it’s all about the how and why, and that hasn’t b...

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Every Day Science: January 2009

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

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First-Grade Record Keepers

Developing good record-keeping habits is essential for organizing, processing, and communicating experimental results objectively. Therefore, the auth...