All Science and Children resources

Journal Article

As a beginning science teacher working on a science fair for the first time, the author was amazed at the projects submitted—projects that were obvi...

Journal Article

Science Shorts: Wind at Work

Many children enjoy evaluating products and designing improvements. Activities that promote investigation and product design lend themselves to assess...

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Action Research Meets Engineering Design

Engaging in sustained and collaborative action research is one way science teachers can build the bridge between improving student learning and their ...

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Methods and Strategies: Integrated Assessments for ELL

Despite the challenges posed by increased time, specialized vocabularies, and balance, integrating writing and drawing with science investigations is ...

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Editor’s Note: Windows Into Understanding

In this month’s column, the editor reflects on how teacher programs in the early 1980s gave little attention to assessment. The assumption was that ...

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The Early Years: First Explorations in Flower Anatomy

Help children explore the idea that there are many different flower shapes, all with the function of forming seeds, by allowing children to dissect fl...

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Capturing the Sights and Sounds of Aquatic Life

When working with elementary students, one never knows when that moment of “magic” will happen. For the author, an environmentalist who also condu...