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MacConnell, Kristen; Caillier, Stacey – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
At High Tech Elementary Chula Vista in California, teachers are using improvement science, a method for solving a problem of practice with disciplined inquiry, to help students make their thinking visible. The teachers wanted to increase students' use of how and why language to articulate their thinking; to that end, they have been using short…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Course Improvement Projects, Thinking Skills, Faculty Development
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Harrison, Timothy G.; Shallcross, Dudley E. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Bristol ChemLabS, the UK's Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in practical chemistry, delivers numerous outreach activity days per year for thousands of primary school pupils annually. These mainly comprise demonstration assemblies and hands on workshops for pupils in the main. The activities support the UK's Key Stage 2 science…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Elementary School Science, Outreach Programs, Relevance (Education)