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Science 101: How are oil spills treated?

No two oil spills are the same. Logically, oil spills are a nightmare because they are unanticipated and uncontrolled events. Oil spills present a t...

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Oil Spill!

An oil spill occurs somewhere in the world almost everyday of the year, and the consequences can be devastating. In this month's column, students exp...

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Science and Social Studies in a Nutshell

This articles discusses three practicum students and how they took students' interests in peanuts and expanded it into a full unit concerning nuts and...

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Science Shorts: Tarred and Feathered

We rely on the transportation of oil around the world to meet our energy needs. Oil is carried across the oceans on large ships called tankers. Unfo...

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Savvy Consumers Through Science

Is Bounty the "quicker picker upper?" Are expensive shampoos better? Are all antacids the same? Fourth grade students posed and answered these ques...

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The Making of "The List"

Have you ever wondered how the mountain of trade books out there gets evaluated or how books are chosen as "outstanding"? The Outstanding Science Tra...