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Journal Article

Analogies, or comparisons based on similarities between things that are otherwise dissimilar, can greatly enhance science learning for children. Analo...

Journal Article

Editor's Note (November/December 2001)

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts about the horror of September 11, 2001, and its immediate effect on children in classrooms and its eff...

Journal Article

A Garden Story

Gardening in a neglected schoolyard became a catalyst for schoolwide science learning in an urban school in Detroit. Not only did students learn about...

Journal Article

What a Relief!

Middle school students in a rural Illinois school visualized and learned more about landforms after making a relief model from a topographic map. They...

Journal Article

Outside Learning: It’s Elementary

Through a partnership with elementary teachers at Main Elementary School in Rome, Georgia, 42 children (one third-grade class and one fourth-grade cla...

Journal Article

Centimeters, Millimeters, and Monsters

The activity described in this article reinforces metric skills as preservice teachers design monster clothes for an imaginary monster wedding. The hu...