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Teaching Through Trade Books: Adaptations for Survival

Journal Article

Teaching Through Trade Books: Adaptations for Survival

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has students experience nature by examining how seeds are tr...

Elementary General Science Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Literacy

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Book Chapter

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

In this lesson, students examine scenes from the movie E.T. to see if the phases of the Moon match the time frame of the story. Key words and concepts...

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Editor's Note: Early Childhood Engagement in Science

Journal Article

Editor's Note: Early Childhood Engagement in Science

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

Early Childhood Pre-service Teachers STEM Lesson Plans

Poetry of Science: Water, Water, Everywhere

Journal Article

Poetry of Science: Water, Water, Everywhere

Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. This month's activity explores the water cycle....

Elementary General Science Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Literacy

NSTA Press Book

Big Data, Small Devices: Investigating the Natural World Using Real-Time Data

Now your students can transform their mobile phones and tablets into tools for learning about everything from weather to water quality. Big Data, Smal...

By Donna Governor, Michael Bowen, Eric Brunsell

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Computer Science Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Preservice Science Education

The Poetry of Science: Think It, Build It, Make It

Journal Article

The Poetry of Science: Think It, Build It, Make It

Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. This issue discusses inventing with technology....

Elementary General Science Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Literacy

Engineering Encounters: Optimizing Your K–5 Engineering Design Challenge

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Engineering Encounters: Optimizing Your K–5 Engineering Design Challenge

This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue discusses the optimizations that will serve to inform r...

Early Childhood Elementary Engineering Lesson Plans Pedagogy Professional Learning old

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