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Methods and Strategies: Modeling Problem-Based Instruction

Journal Article

Methods and Strategies: Modeling Problem-Based Instruction

Students get excited about science when they investigate real scientific problems in the classroom, especially when the investigation extends over sev...

Teaching through Trade Books: Seeing and Sorting Seashells

Journal Article

Teaching through Trade Books: Seeing and Sorting Seashells

Have the winter doldrums left your students wistful for summer? Why not initiate a seashell classification activity to rekindle their interest in scie...

Science 101: What makes for a good science fair project?

Journal Article

Science 101: What makes for a good science fair project?

One way to address this issue is to name a few questions that are not good for science fair projects. Why is the sky blue? Can plants survive withou...

A Revamped Science Expo

Journal Article

A Revamped Science Expo

By changing the venue from festival to a required academic exposition, the traditional science fair was transformed into a “Science Expo” wherein...

Draw-a-Scientist/Mystery Box Redux

Journal Article

Draw-a-Scientist/Mystery Box Redux

The sequence of activities presented here—Draw-a-Scientist and the Mystery Box Redux—were designed to help students better understand the nature o...

Editor’s Note: The Voices of Science

Journal Article

Editor’s Note: The Voices of Science

Developing literacy skills in science develops students’ voices. These voices give us representation, a role in decisions, a way to express ourselve...

The Early Years: Science Tickets

Journal Article

The Early Years: Science Tickets

Teachers can spark interest in a science topic by using “science tickets”—special objects offered to children as a way to transition to the scie...

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