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Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events

• How can a long metal needle pass through a balloon without popping it? • How can water flow at very different rates through two identical fun...

By Thomas O’Brien

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Outdoor Science: A Practical Guide

Research shows that environment-centered education improves student achievement. Whatever your school’s setting—urban, suburban, or rural—you ca...

By Steve Rich

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Even More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching

What are the odds of a meteor hitting your house? What are “warm” clothes anyway? Do you get “more” sunlight from Daylight Saving Time? Everyo...

By Richard Konicek-Moran

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Inside-Out: Environmental Science in the Classroom and the Field, Grades 3–8

Teachers seeking new ways to integrate Earth science, chemistry, physical geography, and life science into a study of the environment should just step...

By Robert W. Blake, Jr., J. Adam Frederick, Sarah Haines, Stephanie Colby Lee

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The Frugal Science Teacher, PreK-5: Strategies and Activities

Teachers of all grades and disciplines often dip into their own wallets to outfit their classrooms with materials and supplies that school and distric...

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The Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and Engineering: A Guidebook for Secondary Teachers

Given the ability of nanoscience and nanotechnology to exploit the unique properties that matter exhibits at the nanoscale, the research resulting f...

By Shawn Y. Stevens, LeeAnn M. Sutherland, Joseph S. Krajcik

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Activities Linking Science With Math, K-4

Science does not exist in a vacuum and, therefore, shouldn’t be taught that way. In that spirit, Activities Linking Science With Math, K-4, is a han...

By John Eichinger

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