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The National Science Education Standards (NSES) state that students in grades K—4 are expected to understand that astronomical objects in the sky, ...
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Methods and Strategies: The Science Representation Continuum
Research indicates that people more easily understand abstractions when they are preceded by concrete representations (Lawson 2002). This article desc...
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Moon Phases and Models
From the time they are very young, children are naturally curious about the Moon. They may wonder about the different shapes of the Moon when they loo...
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Physical models in the classroom “cannot be expected to represent the full-scale phenomenon with complete accuracy, not even in the limited set of c...
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A Message from the NSTA President: Science Education—The Times They are A-Changin’
Inspired by her favorite Bob Dylan song of 1964, “The Times They Are A-Changin”—NSTA President Page Keeley’s presidential theme during her 200...
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The Moon’s Phases and the Self Shadow
In this article, the authors present a new way of teaching the phases of the Moon. Through the introduction of a self shadow (an idea of a shadow that...
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Perspectives: A (Mis)Understanding of Astronomical Proportions?
Misconceptions are ideas formulated by children as they try to make sense of the world. By focusing on students’ ideas, using the strategies suggest...
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Earth Science Week (ESW) 2008 encourages people around the globe to open doors and investigate new opportunities. This year’s theme, “No Child Lef...
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Every Day Science Calendar: September 2008
This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...
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Few teachers find themselves with the support to purchase all of the materials they ideally need to supply their classrooms. Buying one or two simple,...
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Science Books for Professional Pleasure Reading
The next time you hear someone say, “I was never good at science” or “I don’t know enough about science to teach it well,” share this list. ...