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Students use science knowledge and engineering skills to address a significant real-world problem. ...
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Energy Explorations
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. Young students should understand that sunlight warms the Earth and be able to make decisions about maximizing energy by using different types of materials and locations to keep obje...
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Editor's Note: Developing Coherent Lessons With the NGSS and 5E
Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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The Early Years: Using the 5Es to Teach Seasonal Changes
Learn how to use a thermometer to investigate and document seasonal changes in the local environment....
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Codes and Communication
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s column, younger students consider ways that they can communicate using simple code systems and then apply their new knowledge to ways we communicate today. Meanwhi...
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Formative Assessment Probes: Embedding Formative Assessment Into the 5E Instructional Model
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue includes an illustrative example of how formative assessment probes and formative assessment classroom techniques can be embedded into a sequence of 5E lessons target...
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Methods and Strategies: What’s the Story?
This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses using the 5E learning cycle to create coherent storylines....
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Engineering Encounters: What’s The Buzz on Bees?
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue shares information about a flower anatomy and honeybee pollination unit that incorporates inquiry and engineering....