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Upper elementary students cut apples to explore the Earth. The goal of the activity is to teach children about the relatively small proportions of act...
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Students work with various types of packing peanuts to investigate states of matter and chemical and physical changes. One of the activities involves ...
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"Clued In" to Their Environment
To help students become better acquainted with Florida’s natural environment, an environmental outreach program director developed an activity in wh...
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Giving Spatial Perception Our Full Attention
The authors present their opinions about left-brain and right-brain learners. According to them, left-brained students, who excel in spatial perceptio...
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts and suggests an extraordinary effort to involve parents in their child's science learning. Try sharing...
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Mission to Mars: A Classroom Simulation
Upper elementary children build a scale-model Martian habitat by laying a grid over scattered items. They develop science-process skills by conducting...
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Taking Science Dialogue by Storm
One teacher examines classroom discourse through a unit on tornadoes and natural catastrophes....
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An Award-Winning Approach to Lead Safety
A group of teachers use their Toyota Tapestry grant money to address the issue of lead poisoning in the community. Students learn about lead safety an...