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