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Learning from the experience of others
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As the revision of the national science education standards gets started, many educators, administrators, parents, and other community members will be concerned not just the final product, but how the final product will…
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Kudz-who? and Other Questions of Invasive Species
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How Do I Integrate Science with Other Subjects?
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Incorporating science education in the classroom, especially at the elementary and middle levels, is challenging due to accreditation and assessment requirements, and an emphasis on meeting Common Core standards.…
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“Can It Reflect Light?” and other probing questions
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Can it reflect light? Is it a plant? Is it made of cells? These questions are among more than 100 formative assessment probes developed by Page Keeley and her colleagues to help teachers elicit information about what…
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Resource sharing—websites and other places to learn
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Does it seem to you that this blog needs a place to post about resources such as book and website recommendations, commercial sites for needed early childhood science supplies, and interesting articles that are not…
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Local nature experiences help children relate to other environments
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My side of the street is shaded for hours longer than the opposite side which gets full sun for more than 6 hours a day, even in winter. The differences in sunlight affect the plant growth in these “microclimates.”…
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Why Is Ocean Water Warming Faster in Some Places Than Others?
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Spiders and other small creatures—do we want children to be afraid?
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Huge anatomically incorrect ‘spiders’ with legs as long as a Daddy Longlegs’ took over the neighborhood these past weeks, crawling up webs ‘spun’ on the sides of houses. Dropping out of trees are others with more fuzzy…
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