Outside Learning: It’s Elementary

Journal Article | September 2001

Through a partnership with elementary teachers at Main Elementary School in Rome, Georgia, 42 children (one third-grade class and one fourth-grade class) learned how to use newspapers to rebuild slopes on their…

Focus on Physics: Elementary Electricity in a Nutshell

Journal Article | October 2017

This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. This month covers the basics of electricity.

Safety First: Safety: The Elementary Mission

Journal Article | September 2013

This month's safety column discusses safety with STEM activities.

Summer Reading—It's Element-ary

Journal Article | June 2011

NSTA's reviewers provide suggestions for summer reading for science educators.

The Elementary Students’ Science Beliefs Tests

Journal Article | March 2008

To help teachers guide their instruction, a university science educator who researches students’ science beliefs and a fifth-grade classroom teacher investigated how elementary students interpreted some of the ideas…

Perspectives: Using Analogies in Elementary Science

Journal Article | November 2008

Using analogies in science classrooms helps students make connections between everyday life and the concepts we are trying to teach. Analogies help students form a bridge between their existing knowledge and new…