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Science 101: What Causes Water's Surface Tension?

Journal Article

Science 101: What Causes Water's Surface Tension?

The term “surface tension” is commonly used to explain phenomena like a paper clip resting on the surface of water or the “dome” of water that...

Teaming Up for Science and Reading Success

Journal Article

Teaming Up for Science and Reading Success

Intregrating science education with reading has become extremely important for elementary teachers. This article briefly discusses research results fr...

E-Portfolios: Documenting Student Progress

Journal Article

E-Portfolios: Documenting Student Progress

Electronic portfolios, digital collections of student work—are flexible, motivating, and extremely useful teacher tools that can address a range of ...

The Home Zone: Research Rolypolies

Journal Article

The Home Zone: Research Rolypolies

April is a good time to go outdoors and examine living things. Pill bugs are good to study because they are easy to find and care for and do not bite....

Exploring the Expedition

Journal Article

Exploring the Expedition

This article includes multidisciplinary investigations based on the adventures and journals of Lewis and Clark. Science activities include plant colle...

Girls in Science Rule!

Journal Article

Girls in Science Rule!

This overnight camp for girls provided opportunity for outdoor adventures while building science process skills and interest in science careers. Stude...

Bluebird Adventures

Journal Article

Bluebird Adventures

An aquarium, land trust, and fifth-grade class collaborate in an ongoing, multidisciplinary project combining fieldwork and research. Students create ...

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