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Journal Article

This university-sponsored educational family event inspired teacher candidates, students, and parents by demonstrating numerous scientific activities,...

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Teaching Through Trade Books: Snowflake Science

This month's featured trade book, Snowflake Bentley, introduces students to a self-made scientist who spent his life taking pictures of snowflakes. Ba...

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The Home Zone: Get Familiar with Fingerprints

Welcome to The Home Zone, Science and Children’s new column that presents simple everyday science activities for children and their families to do t...

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Rethinking Models

While models and analogies are integral to both the learning and practice of science, their use is complex and potentially troublesome. Misconceptions...

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Science 101: How do snowflakes form?

A meteorologist explains how and why snowflakes develop and defines other forms of precipitation—sleet, freezing rain, and hail....

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Phase into Learning

Fourth-grade students, their teachers, and a group of teachers-to-be explore environmental science through integrated learning phases. Students took ...

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Editor's Note - November/December 2002

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....