All Science and Children resources

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Science 101: Why are there so many different models of light?

Is light a ray, a wave, or a particle? Yes, yes, and yes. An article in this issue (“The Benefits of Scientific Modeling,” p. 40) discusses the pr...

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Every Day Science—October 2008

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

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Methods and Strategies: The Crucial Role of the Teacher

In the Perspectives column of this issue, Meredith Park Rogers and Sandra Abel address the importance of teacher questions on student thinking. With ...

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The Early Years: Color Investigations

The topic of color can be a springboard to diverse topics including colors in nature, how vision works, the function of color vision in animals, and t...

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The Many Levels of Inquiry

Elementary teachers often struggle with how to design and implement inquiry instruction with their students. For many, just understanding what inquiry...

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The Early Years: Thinking Space

Space exploration is a high-interest topic for girls and boys. They love to play with space models (toys), pore over space images, talk about what the...

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Guest Editorial: Building Ladders to the Stars

Young children love the stars and planets. They love the idea of leaving the Earth and traveling to the stars, of meeting aliens and exploring unknown...

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Reading, Writing, and Rings!

Reading, Writing, and Rings! was created by a team of elementary teachers, literacy experts, and scientists in order to integrate science and literacy...

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A Week for Space

Space Week focuses on concepts that enable students to make concrete observations in the early grades (K—2) and move to concepts that help students ...

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Bringing Moon Phases Down to Earth

Teaching astronomy concepts to elementary students does not have to be complicated or require expensive materials. As a teacher resource agent for the...

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Science Shorts: Here Comes the Sun

Time is an abstract concept for many elementary students. Add to that the idea that the position of the objects in the sky—Sun, Moon, etc.—changes...