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Teaching Through Trade Books: The Science and Technology of Sound

Journal Article

Teaching Through Trade Books: The Science and Technology of Sound

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue explores questions surrounding the topic of sound....

Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials

Teaching Through Trade Books: Watching the Wind

Journal Article

Teaching Through Trade Books: Watching the Wind

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has books that help children focus on what the wind can do s...

Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials

Teaching Through Trade Books: Flying Machines

Journal Article

Teaching Through Trade Books: Flying Machines

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue uses two fiction trade books to inspire students to design a...

Early Childhood Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials

NSTA Press Book

Inquiring Scientists, Inquiring Readers: Using Nonfiction to Promote Science Literacy, Grades 3–5

Winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award from PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers! ...

By Jessica Fries-Gaither, Terry Shiverdecker

Elementary 5E Earth & Space Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Life Science Literacy Physical Science Teaching Strategies

How Far Away Is the Sun?

Book Chapter

How Far Away Is the Sun?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about relative distance. The probe is designed to find out if students can appl...

Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science 5E Science and Engineering Practices

Comparing Eclipses

Book Chapter

Comparing Eclipses

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about eclipse phenomena. The probe is designed to determine if students have a men...

Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science 5E Science and Engineering Practices

How Long Is a Day on the Moon?

Book Chapter

How Long Is a Day on the Moon?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the day-night cycle on the Moon. The probe is designed to find out if stude...

Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science 5E Science and Engineering Practices

Falling Through the Earth

Book Chapter

Falling Through the Earth

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s gravity. The probe is designed to find out how students think g...

Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science 5E Science and Engineering Practices

Day and Night

Book Chapter

Day and Night

Using a model, learners explore time zones and what causes day and night and how time zones change. Learners observed the position of the Sun in the s...

Elementary Earth & Space Science 5E Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies

Cucumber Seeds

Book Chapter

Cucumber Seeds

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about living things. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize...

Elementary High School Middle School Biology Life Science 5E Science and Engineering Practices

Food Chain Energy

Book Chapter

Food Chain Energy

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the flow of energy in a trophic relationship that children are most familia...

Elementary High School Middle School Biology Environmental Science Life Science 5E Science and Engineering Practices

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