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Journal Article

Can meeting actual scientists change students' perceptions of scientists? In this investigation, it appears that the face-to-face interactions during the classroom visit influenced the students' perceptions and provided an opportunity to see a scient...

Journal Article

Editor's Note (January 2001)

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Oh Say Can You See

Without guidance many student observations are inaccurate, lack detail, or are incomplete. In this article, learn about a simple strategy for improving students' observation skills....

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Inspired Inquiry

In using the inquiry-based learning concept, this project uses candy and containers of water to spark students' interest in investigating. ...

Journal Article

Habitat Sweet Habitat

This camouflage activity is a simple experiment using everyday materials. It helps young students develop important science-inquiry skills. It also demonstrates that with creativity teachers can go beyond the typical literature response activity in h...

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Nature Transects

Scientists commonly use transects as a method of gathering information about a particular area, including studying the distribution of organisms across an area or seeing transitional changes between habitats. Transecting involves observing an area, c...

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Box Up Your Habitat

The Envirobox Project involved a total of six classes (first- through fifth-grades) from around the United States sending each other a shoebox containing six to ten environmental samples. The boxes contained items such as pressed leaves and flowers, ...

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The Sun Tower

With funding and support from the NASA Office of Space Science through the IDEAS program, a team of teachers from Gullett Elementary School in Austin, Texas, and a research scientist at the University of Texas, worked on activities and curriculum to ...