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  • Step Up to Full Inquiry

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    The author provides five guidelines for designing inquiry lessons within any grade level.

  • The Early Years: Ongoing Inquiry

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    An in-depth science inquiry is an ongoing investigation in which children are introduced to materials through hands-on experiences and, with teacher guidance, begin to investigate a question that they can answer through…

  • Teaching Science Through Inquiry

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    Seven common myths about this time-honored approach.

  • The Early Years: The STEM of Inquiry

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    This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue describes a STEM activity that includes designing and using a tool.

  • Teacher's Toolkit: Differentiating Inquiry

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    This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s column describes how to differentiate a density investigation for variations in student readiness by varying the level of…

  • Guest Editorial: Inquiry Is Essential

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    An opinion piece about teaching children science as inquiry and the challenges to elementary teachers. One specific challenge is incorporating full inquiries as part of the school science program. With the process…

  • Inquiry through Portable Technology

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    Explore your world with the latest probes, sensors, and other pocket-size technology.

  • Inquiry Science and Active Reading

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    The author presents a pair of fifth-grade activities: an inquiry science activity in which students conduct hands-on investigations of force and motion, and a reading activity where they collaboratively analyze a text…

  • Whole-Class Inquiry Assessments

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    Whole-class inquiry (WCI) assessments range from challenging, paper-and-pencil puzzles to lab-based problems that require students to apply their own gathered data to a new scenario; the latter might also require…

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