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Methods and Strategies: Science Homework Overhaul

Do your students groan when you announce a homework assignment? Do they have so much math and language arts homework that they just don’t have time ...

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Science Shorts: Nothing But Blue Skies

Why is the sky blue? Why are sunsets orange and red? These are some of children’s favorite questions to ask, but answering them at a level appropria...

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What Happened to Our Volcano?

One third grade teacher reflects on her students living by the ocean and their frequent jaunts to the beaches where expansive slabs of granite jut out...

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Science 101: Is it possible to turn coal into diamonds?

How cool would it be to be Lois Lane? Anytime she wants a diamond, she just has Superman use his super strength to squeeze a lump of coal. But is this...

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This Land is Your Land

Soil is all around us, in fact there is so much of it that we often don’t think of it as a valuable natural resource, and we might even take it for ...

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Geoscience for Preschoolers

Intrigued by the idea of offering creative ways to reinforce both fine-motor skills and early mathematics skills as well as being eager to work with y...

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Editor's Note: Geology Is Fundamental (December 2006)

Geology is fundamental. The usual triad of sciences (chemistry, physics, and biology) is also clearly important. Not much can be explained without phy...