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The Early Years: Analyzing Media Representations of Animals
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue aims to engage children in analyzing and interpreting illustrations to determine sizes of pictured animals and give…
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How Do Plants and Animals Prepare for Winter?
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Local resources support an outdoor inquiry-based project.
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Programming Digital Stories and How-To Animations
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Computer science and engineering design in the science classroom.
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There’s No Such Thing as a One-Celled Plant or Animal
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Early biologists classified living organisms based on what they knew about life: All living things were either animals or plants. The fossil record as late as the 18th and 19th centuries seemed consistent with this two-…
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Idea Bank: Creating "Animers" and Genetics Game
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These activities allow first-year chemistry students to learn about structural isomers while studying organic chemistry and biology students to adapt a game while studying genetics and genetic disorders.
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Looking for Animals: I Wonder Why (e-book)
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Now you see them, now you don’t! By showing the same creatures in two different settings, this book brings out the detective in young readers. They can investigate the role of protective coloration— nature’s own…
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In the fall of 1999, Science and Children extended an invitation to K–8 teachers to participate in a national study (Barman, Barman, Berglund, and Goldston, 1999). The main focus of this study was to examine students’…