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Children are naturally curious and passionate about taking care of the world around them. To capitalize on these interests, the unit described in this...
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Technology permeates today’s society, but history also contains rich examples of technology as “a way of adapting.” The Egyptians’ approach to...
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Examining Language To Capture Scientific Understandings: The Case of the Water Cycle
As teachers of science, we need to keep in mind that thought and language are intricately related. Linguistic approximations, errors, and misses may b...
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Good teachers continually plan learning experiences to help young children make connections within and among areas of study (Zemelman, Daniel, and Hyd...
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When a Hypothesis is <em>Not</em> an Educated Guess
The terms prediction and hypothesis are often used interchangeably, yet one term means to think about what might happen and the other means to think a...
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One way to help students develop their writing skills is through the “key-word process.” In this method, students select key words about a topic a...
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children—2001 (Books published in 2000)
The books that appear in this annotated bibliography were selected as outstanding children’s science trade books published in 2000. They are intende...
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An Authentic Science Conference
Students are interested in learning how science works, and an effective way to introduce elementary students to the nature of science is by explicitly...