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Angelone, Lauren – Science and Children, 2020
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has been at the center of a national conversation around the necessity to strengthen the STEM workforce starting with STEM education in K-12 schools. "The Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS Lead States 2013) incorporate a prominent engineering component in both disciplinary…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education
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Porter, Keri; Yokoi, Craig; Yee, Bertina – Science and Children, 2011
Along with inquiry-based teaching, exploring the elements of art can guide students to view and represent objects realistically. Understanding line, shape, color, value, form, space, and texture helps bridge the gap between what students actually observe and what their preconceived ideas about the object may be. This type of explicit instruction…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Student Attitudes, Theory Practice Relationship
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Smart, Julie; Marshall, Jeff – Science and Children, 2007
Children possess a genuine curiosity for exploring the natural world around them. One third grade teacher capitalized on this inherent trait by leading her students on "A Geometric Scavenger Hunt." The four-lesson inquiry investigation described in this article integrates mathematics and science. Among the students' discoveries was the fact that…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Geometric Concepts, Educational Games, Elementary School Mathematics