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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 intended primarily for kindergarten through eighth grade. They were selected by members of a book review pa...
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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 incorporating it within the context of their regular science activities. Without this overt attenti...
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How Do You Choose Science Trade Books?
Using trade books is one strategy that has the potential to increase students’ interest and achievement in science; to enhance scientific and technological literacy; and to help open doors to exciting careers. Because there are over 120,000 childre...
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Libros de Ciencias en Español (2001)
From well-designed board books that introduce preschoolers to animals and their young to lighthearted explanations of survival and extinction, from a poetic narrative about the sense of smell to a humorous introduction to the conveniences of cyberspa...
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The Seven Cs strategy described in this article is a small but very practical start to addressing the needs of students. The practices are divided into seven categories: community, curriculum, constructivist connections, confidence, competence, compu...
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A teachable moment presented itself when a fallen bird was discovered in the snowy woods of Alaska by a couple of kindergarten students. As a result of this experience, the children had grown in their abilities to take part in a group, to actively li...
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The Learning-Style Teaching Model
The recent surge of interest in science education reform is welcome news for teachers who are eager to engage students in active science learning. However, along with these positive steps in science education reform come increasing pressure to improv...
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When playing outside during recess, a group of first-grade students noticed a lizard in the grass. They observed it for a while but it was very hard to see. This experience led the author to conduct a series of activities to teach her students the im...
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....