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Journal Article

Bones reveal many facts about the animals from which they come, making them a great hands-on educational tool. For several years, the Saint Louis Zoo ...

Journal Article

There Go Those Kids In Nature

The Kids In Nature (KIN) program is a partnership between Sedgwick Reserve and the UCSB Museum of Systematic and Ecology (MSE) to serve underrepresent...

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Editor's Note (September 2002)

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue. Many of the articles relate to nature....

Journal Article

Energy: Fuel for Thought

Energy is what makes things move, light up, and radiate warmth—energy makes things happen and makes our lives easier, too. But despite the importanc...

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An Environmental Journey

Captivating young children is at the heart of teaching, making it fun and challenging. Rogoff (1990) argued that children learn how to think and act i...

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The Truth About Wolves

Are wolves actually “wicked” and do they eat people? Of course not, but folktales like Little Red Riding Hood perpetuate the misconceptions surrou...

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A Pond Investigation

What lives in the pond? Did frogs hop from another pond to ours? How do tadpoles get into the pond? And Could our pond be polluted? These questions we...

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Editor's Note (May 2002)

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue, and also the neighborhood excitement of a bird building a nest on the fro...

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What A Puzzle!

At its heart, science is fundamentally about solving questions, or puzzles. Puzzles are those things to which the solution is unknown—now. Each gene...