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Broderick, Jane Tingle; Boniol, Kathryn; Martin, Nathan; Robshaw, Kate; Holley, Virginia – Science and Children, 2021
Early experiences with planning and guiding children's learning can be exciting for preservice teachers in undergraduate teacher training programs. In this article, observations of a preschool play session guide four preservice teachers to design a series of play-centered lessons addressing serious science concepts (Hall 2010). While the concepts…
Descriptors: Play, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teachers
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Andrus, Michelle; Scott, Catherine – Science and Children, 2022
When exploring and introducing sound, students need to understand that there are multiple aspects that work together to create sound. In this single class lesson, students work through an inquiry-based challenge to discover how sound can be manipulated and altered through these elements. By investigating how to manipulate sound, students are able…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Science Education, Lesson Plans, Inquiry
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Carone, Delaney; Perkins, Ashley; Scott, Catherine – Science and Children, 2023
This lesson focuses specifically on teaching concepts of speed and its impact on energy, as well as providing a basic introduction to potential and kinetic energy to fourth-grade students. "Next Generation Science Standards" ("NGSS") 4-PS3-1 states that students should be able "to use evidence to construct an explanation…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Science Instruction, Energy, Scientific Concepts
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Tofel-Grehl, Colby; Braden, Sarah; Penrod, Candace; Wheeler, Laura; Hansen, Tyler; Jones, Andrew; Chamberlain, Clayton – Science and Children, 2023
Animals depend on their surroundings for their survival. In consuming their food, animals are consuming energy. This cycling of matter and the accompanying flow of energy within an ecosystem occurs because of interactions among and between organisms. To guide students in modeling how ecosystems function, the authors share "Ecosystem…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Standards, Energy
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Vo, Tina; Hammack, Rebekah; Michael, Connie – Science and Children, 2022
Access to drinking water is becoming more limited as drought persists across continents. This article highlights a particularly impacted group of students due to increasing drought conditions and upstream river pollution near their reservation. While there are related water and modeling standards across the K-12 Next Generation Science Standards…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Science Education, Engineering
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Brown, Patrick – Science and Children, 2023
Science and engineering practices (SEPs) and crosscutting concepts (CCs) constitute a significant part of "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" (NRC 2012). As teachers, the role of the authors is to highlight the pivotal role that both scientific knowledge and the practices used to generate knowledge play in learning. This article…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Scientific Research, Concept Formation
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Wilcox, Jesse; Rose, Abby – Science and Children, 2022
Visual data--or visual sources of information--are a crucial part of helping students understand STEM concepts, improve their reading skills, and engage in science and engineering practices (Finson and Pedersen 2011). Indeed, many science and engineering practices require students to make meaning from visual data. When students are developing and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Animals, Animal Behavior, STEM Education
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Miller, Bridget; Martin, Christie; Ford, Diane – Science and Children, 2021
This article explores how Ms. Ford, a first-grade teacher, integrated literary tools to engage students in higher-level thinking and meaning making. Through the use of teacher talk, eliciting responses, asking for clarity, and expanding on student responses, she utilized discourse to support students in making meaning. Ms. Ford's first-grade…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
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Gunning, Amanda M.; Marrero, Meghan E.; Buonamano, Christina; Somers, Vita – Science and Children, 2018
Waves and sound are rooted in children's everyday experiences. This topic naturally extends to other topics, such as instruments and music, which children find very interesting. As children often see science as separate from their daily lives, it is important to help them make real-life connections. The unit begins with children's observations,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Units of Study, Standards, Grade 1
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Royce, Christine Anne – Science and Children, 2016
Keeping a log of scientific investigations, discoveries, and notes is a process that scientists have used throughout history. Elementary-age children engage in similar types of documentation when they perform investigations and sketch, label, or provide details about their work and findings. This column includes activities inspired by children's…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Investigations, Documentation, Childrens Literature
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Ashbrook, Peggy – Science and Children, 2013
Understanding the needs of plants, the function of their structures, and plant reproduction, is part of the National Science Education Content Standard C: Life science (NRC 1996). "A Framework for K-12 Science Education" (NRC 2012) states that by the end of grade 2, students should understand that plants have external parts, used to help…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Plants (Botany), Learning Activities, Behavioral Objectives
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Troncale, Jennifer M. – Science and Children, 2016
Reading and writing are essential skills that students use as they learn science. For students to attain scientific literacy, they must create meaningful lessons capitalizing on curiosity and natural wonders about the world, through which students speak, read, and write about their science experiences. The inquiry-based lesson described in this…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Lesson Plans
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Kurson, Rebecca – Science and Children, 2016
In this article Rebecca Kurson describes her school garden, now in its second year, as one that the lower school (preK-5) students plant and observe as often as possible. They call the garden an "outdoor classroom," and the younger students are particularly interested in how the plants grow. Kruson had lots of garden activities…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Gardening, Outdoor Education, Plants (Botany)
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McLaughlin, Cheryl A.; McLaughlin, Felecia C.; Pringle, Rose M. – Science and Children, 2013
This article presents the experiences of Miss Felecia McLaughlin, a fourth-grade teacher from the island of Jamaica who used the model proposed by Bass et al. (2009) to assess conceptual understanding of four of the six types of simple machines while encouraging collaboration through the creation of learning teams. Students had an opportunity to…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles, Mechanics (Process)
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Brown, Sherri; Newman, Channa; Dearing-Smith, Kelley; Smith, Stephanie – Science and Children, 2014
"Framework for K-12 Science Education" states that "children are natural engineers … they spontaneously build sand castles, dollhouses, and hamster enclosures and use a variety of tools and materials for their own playful purposes" (NRC 2012, p. 70). The "Next Generation Science Standards" ("NGSS") also…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education, Instructional Development, Lesson Plans
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