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  • The Early Years: Ecosystems, Up Close and Personal

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    This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses children observing and documenting the growth of a plant from a seed to seed-production and animal…

  • The Early Years: Creating Effective Classroom Interactions

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    This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses learning about your own teaching to see if you are creating an effective learning environment.

  • The Early Years: The Nature of Science in Early Childhood

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    This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses ways to incorporate nature of science into the early childhood classroom.

  • The Early Years: Cause and Effect: Where's the Evidence?

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    This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue addresses the crosscutting concept of cause and effect as the column editor views it from her work with…

  • Idea Bank: Start the Year Off Green!

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    With summer upon us, now is a good time to think about incorporating green practices in the year ahead. This Idea Bank presents a few tips to help decrease your classroom waste, increase recycling, and make students…

  • The Early Years: Recording Data With Young Children

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    Young children collect data every day. They note who has pink sparkly shoes and find out who will share the ball on the playground. Children will be interested in collecting data if the topic is important to them, such…

  • Idea Bank: Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy

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    In 1609, Galileo Galilei turned his telescope to the night sky and began a series of observations of the cosmos. These observations, together with the work of Johannes Kepler and other scientists of the time,…

  • The Early Years: Where Did the Water Go?

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    Everyday occurrences with evaporation are so ordinary that adults may not realize that children wonder about them and create explanations about what happens to water as wet objects dry. The process of evaporation is not…

  • The Early Years: The Nuts and Bolts of Discovery Centers

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    Young children are born scientists, exploring everything in their world around them. Yet, many teachers still find it hard to integrate science into the daily schedule. However, open-ended science or discovery centers…

  • The Early Years: First Explorations in Flower Anatomy

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    Help children explore the idea that there are many different flower shapes, all with the function of forming seeds, by allowing children to dissect flowers after drawing them, using their fingers or plastic picnic…

  • The Early Years: Bring On Spring—Planting Peas

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    Growing peas helps children who grow food at home make a connection between school and home by sharing their experience, and those who have never seen a field of crops make a connection between soil, weather, and food…

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