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Science and Children—July/August 2023
Volume 60, Number 6 July/August 2023 We’ve all wondered how a seemingly fragile spiderweb can be both delicate and unbreakable, or how a sma...
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Science and Children—May/June 2023
Volume 60, Number 5 May/June 2023 Environmental Science: Natural Disasters Opening just about any newspaper or tuning into a local newscast...
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Science and Children—March/April 2023
Volume 60, Number 4 Ten Years of NGSS: Lessons Learned In the 10 years since the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were released, 44 st...
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Science and Children—January/February 2023
Volume 60, Number 3 Energy In this issue of Science and Children, we address energy by examining how it can be a starting point for deeper lea...
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Science and Children—November/December 2022
November/December 2022 Volume 60, Number 2 Earth's Place in the Universe Younger elementary students begin to wonder and ask questions abou...
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Science and Children—September/October 2022
Volume 60, Number 1 Joyful Science This school year, let’s find ways to make learning joyful. When I think of joyful learning, I do not thin...
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Science and Children—March/April 2022
March/April 2022 Volume 59, Number 4 Water in Our World: Where is there a time when water isn’t essential? Water plays an ind...
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Science and Children—January/February 2022
Volume 59, Number 3 Design Thinking is a mindset that values perspectives and embraces failure. Students are encouraged to iterate and think flex...
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Science and Children—September/October 2021
Volume 59, Number 1 September/October 2021 In this issue of Science and Children, we focus on how teachers plan for and implement three-dimens...
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Science and Children—November/December 2021
Volume 59, Number 2 In this issue of Science and Children, we explore ways to support science learning and language acquisition for all stud...
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Science and Children—July/August 2021
July/August 2021 Volume 58, Number 6 In our ever-increasingly connected world, accessible through the convenience of travel and extensive impr...
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Science and Children—November/December 2020
Volume 58, Number 2 Earth and Space Science for Young Learners ...
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Science and Children—January 2020
Volume 57, Number 5 This month we take a look at ideas for exploring science and engineering at home. Helping families create a culture of curios...
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Science and Children—November/December 2019
When we listen to student conversations, we have a window into their thinking, and knowing what students think can help determine their needs and adva...
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Science and Children—October 2019
Preschool and early childhood elementary students are constantly faced with inherent problems to solve in their daily lives. In this issue of Science ...
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Science and Children—September 2019
Learning is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Yet differentiation can feel overwhelming and insurmountable in terms of how to address each child’s n...
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Science and Children—August 2019
Teachers often rely on making connections to other subject areas to enhance or enrich science learning experiences. The features and columns found in...
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Science and Children—July 2019
When formative assessment is part of pedagogy, teaching and learning canbecome more meaningful, differentiated, and authentic. This month’s issue of...
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Science and Children—April/May 2019
Even the most exquisitely designed science kit will fall short. The articles in this month’s issue of Science and Children transcend cookbook-type ...
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Science and Children—March 2019
The kid-friendly topic of Motion and Stability allows students to make predictions, carry out investigations, and make claims supported by evidence. S...
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Science and Children—February 2019
In classrooms today, elementary teachers work tirelessly to fit STEM into an already jammed, packed day. This month’s focus on STEM offers ideas for...
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Science and Children—January 2019
The concept of problem-based learning has been vigorously applied in the classroom and touted as a panacea to the traditional curriculum. This month,...