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Special Double Issue—Eclipses Across AmericaFall 2023.

Volume 60, Number 6 July/August 2023 We’ve all wondered how a seemingly fragile spiderweb can be both delicate and unbreakable, or how a sma.

Volume 60, Number 5 May/June 2023 Environmental Science: Natural Disasters Opening just about any newspaper or tuning into a local newscast.

Volume 60, Number 4 Ten Years of NGSS: Lessons Learned In the 10 years since the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were released, 44 st.

Volume 60, Number 3 Energy In this issue of Science and Children, we address energy by examining how it can be a starting point for deeper lea.

November/December 2022 Volume 60, Number 2 Earth's Place in the Universe Younger elementary students begin to wonder and ask questions abou.

Volume 60, Number 1 Joyful Science This school year, let’s find ways to make learning joyful. When I think of joyful learning, I do not thin.

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Volume 59 Issue 5 Activities and Investigations .

March/April 2022 Volume 59, Number 4 Water in Our World: Where is there a time when water isn’t essential? Water plays an ind.

Volume 59, Number 3 Design Thinking is a mindset that values perspectives and embraces failure. Students are encouraged to iterate and think flex.

Volume 59, Number 1 September/October 2021 In this issue of Science and Children, we focus on how teachers plan for and implement three-dimens.

Volume 59, Number 2 In this issue of Science and Children, we explore ways to support science learning and language acquisition for all stud.

July/August 2021 Volume 58, Number 6 In our ever-increasingly connected world, accessible through the convenience of travel and extensive impr.

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Volume 58, Number 2 Earth and Space Science for Young Learners .

Volume 58, Number 1 Beyond the Field Trip .

Volume 57, No. 9 Engaging Families.

Environmental Health Literacy Volume 57, No. 8 .

Volume 57, Number 7 Mindful Modeling   .

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Volume 57, Number 5 This month we take a look at ideas for exploring science and engineering at home. Helping families create a culture of curios.

When we listen to student conversations, we have a window into their thinking, and knowing what students think can help determine their needs and adva.

Preschool and early childhood elementary students are constantly faced with inherent problems to solve in their daily lives. In this issue of Science .

Learning is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Yet differentiation can feel overwhelming and insurmountable in terms of how to address each child’s n.

Teachers often rely on making connections to other subject areas to enhance or enrich science learning experiences. The features and columns found in.

When formative assessment is part of pedagogy, teaching and learning canbecome more meaningful, differentiated, and authentic. This month’s issue of.

Even the most exquisitely designed science kit will fall short. The articles in this month’s issue of Science and Children transcend cookbook-type .

The kid-friendly topic of Motion and Stability allows students to make predictions, carry out investigations, and make claims supported by evidence. S.

In classrooms today, elementary teachers work tirelessly to fit STEM into an already jammed, packed day. This month’s focus on STEM offers ideas for.

The concept of problem-based learning has been vigorously applied in the classroom and touted as a panacea to the traditional curriculum. This month.

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