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Teaching Through Trade Books: Sharpening Your Senses
Students’ fascination with the world around them can inspire numerous investigations about the five senses. This month's Teaching Through Trade Books column focuses on two books about the senses: My Five Senses and Knots on a Counting Rope. Activit...
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This article details the experiences of a fifth-grade class taking part in a NASA project in which students make observations of clouds and other weather data in order to reinforce satellite data and scientific research....
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The Spiderrific curriculum unit is a great way to capitalize on student interest in spiders. This unit meets several national science standards, including characteristics of organisms, life cycles, and diversity and adaptations of organisms. In one a...
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Students at one school first encounter Anton Von Leeuwenhoek in the first half of fourth grade when they begin a major study of microscopy. This article describes some successful microscope activities for students and a culminating celebration during...
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To develop scientific literacy in today’s global era, it is important that students learn about interactions within the Earth’s systems worldwide. A unit exploring El Niño and La Niña—phenomena that can result in extreme weather events in loc...
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Science 101: What's the difference between frogs and toads?
Frogs and toads belong to a group of Amphibians known as Anura (Latin for "without tail"). Though different on many levels, frogs and toads share some basic similarities. Here are the basic facts about these animal favorites....
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Skateboards or Wildlife? Kids Decide!
Using the Internet to help solve real-life problems is a great way to make science learning relevant to today's students. In this project, students investigated "playas", temporary local wetlands, and surveyed their local school grounds as potential ...