All Science and Children resources

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Objects in motion attract children. The following activity helps children explore the motion of bodies riding in a vehicle and safely demonstrates the...

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Science 101: Do balances and scales determine an object’s mass or its weight?

The typical elementary school explanation of the difference between mass and weight goes something like the following: Mass is the amount of matter co...

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Libros de Ciencias en Español (2008)

From well-designed series with colorful illustrations and easy-to-read Spanish texts for the very young, to exquisite publishers’ series with eye-ca...

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Perspectives: Learning to Observe <em>and</em> Infer

Researchers describe the need for students to have multiple opportunities and social interaction to learn about the differences between observation an...

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Science 101: How does a telescope work?

It turns out that telescopes, microscopes, and binoculars all work on the same principles, so you get three for one in this answer. They give us infor...

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A Walk in the “Tall, Tall Grass”

This inquiry-based lesson was inspired by Denise Fleming’s book entitled, In the Tall, Tall Grass (1991). The author used the book and a real study ...

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Will It Float?

In this science investigation based on the 5E learning model, students moved through four different centers designed to focus their attention on the c...

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Considering Context

Children’s descriptions of commonplace objects and events of life are often limited because they do not provide adequate information about the conte...

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Editor’s Note: Teaching Observation—Aim Higher

Observation is a fundamental process in science. It is a skill that many science curricula emphasize. It seems like such a simple skill, but observati...

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Science Shorts: Observation Versus Inference

When you observe something, how do you know for sure what you are seeing, feeling, smelling, or hearing? Asking students to think critically about the...