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Even though chemistry is a cornerstone of scientific literacy--standng smack in the intersection of physics and biology--we haven't done a good job communicating either its importance or how interesting it is. This section gives a synopsis of chemis...
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Every Day Science Calendar: February 2006
This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...
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Science Shorts: The Dynamics of Dissolving
Dissolving is as much about the substance doing the dissolving (the solvent) as it is about the substance being dissolved (the solute). Dissolving depends on the interaction between the molecules of solvents and solutes. This article looks at the m...
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Methods and Strategies: Evidence Helps the KWL Get a KLEW
This article discusses the Know-Learning-Evidence-Wonder (KLEW) chart, a modification on the Know-Want-Learn (KWL) chart. This new chart was developed to align itself with the National Science of Education Standards while also helping to alter the p...
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Exploring Your Environment
February is one of those months that is at the halfway point between the cold of the winter and the promise of the spring. It also offers a great time for students to begin to make initial observations about an area and then follow this area through...
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The Early Years: Nurturing Young Chemists
Chemistry explorations in early childhood classrooms often involve baking, mixing, or dissolving, during which students predict outcomes and try to replicate the results. The objective is to help students come to an understanding that even though we...
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Science Shorts: On Observation
Observation is a foundational process skill that is part of any curriculum. Each of the other science process skills requires that students first make a set of observations. This articles offers information on building key concepts for students wit...
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This article describes adaptations of the learning cycle that are appropriate for English Language Learners (ELL). It discusses ideas for teaching content and inquiry to ELL, while simultaneously helping children develop English language skills....
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Every Day Science Calendar: January 2006
This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...