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Teaching Through Trade Books: Communicating With Pictures and Precision

Journal Article

Teaching Through Trade Books: Communicating With Pictures and Precision

From the earliest civilizations, humans have used drawings and pictures as a form of communication and to convey information—whether it was the seas...

Multisensory Strategies for Science Vocabulary

Journal Article

Multisensory Strategies for Science Vocabulary

Seeing, touching, smelling, hearing, and learning! The authors observed that their English Language Learner (ELL) students achieved a deeper understan...

The Ultimate Fizz

Journal Article

The Ultimate Fizz

Many recipes for elementary science activities suggest making carbon dioxide from baking soda and vinegar; however, they often do not give exact measu...

Water in Disguise

Journal Article

Water in Disguise

This article presents a lesson plan in which students learn about water in solid, liquid, and gaseous phases through trade books, demonstrations, and ...

Dinosaur Extinction, Early Childhood Style

Journal Article

Dinosaur Extinction, Early Childhood Style

Do dinosaurs have bellybuttons? This intriguing question launched a journey into inquiry science that captivated a class of four-year-olds for eight m...

Science 101: What causes the different states of matter?

Journal Article

Science 101: What causes the different states of matter?

The answer to this could be really simple or really complicated, depending on how deeply the issue is covered. Therefore, the author will dispense wit...

Connecting Children to Their World

Journal Article

Connecting Children to Their World

Planning effective, engaging lessons and units are challenging tasks for a teacher, but the process can also be meaningful and rewarding. Using a big ...

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