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Direct linkHolub, Jordan; Kruse, Jerrid; Menke, Lucas – Science and Children, 2020
Engineering is increasingly expected in elementary classrooms now that the "Next Generation Science Standards" have explicitly identified engineering disciplinary core ideas as well as engineering practices. To incorporate engineering into their elementary classrooms, the authors used building blocks (i.e., LEGOS) to help students begin…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Elementary School Students, Science Education, Standards
Brown, Patrick – Science and Children, 2014
A rich science learning experience not only captures students' attention but also motivates them to investigate and solve problems and investigate how scientists carry out their work. This article describes how secondary science coordinator Patrick Brown's found success teaching students the nature of science by engaging them in…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Hands on Science, Physics
Peer reviewedHardy, Garry R.; Tolman, Marvin N. – Science and Children, 1992
Provides instructions to build an inexpensive device to demonstrate wave-motion to elementary school children. (MDH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Energy, Models
Peer reviewedFrazier, Richard – Science and Children, 2003
Suggests techniques used to analyze models and describes preservice elementary teachers' experiences as they critically examined popular models used in many elementary classrooms. (KHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inquiry, Models, Physics
Peer reviewedKirkwood, James J. – Science and Children, 1994
Students explore the workings of the lever, wheel and axle, and the inclined plane as they build simple toys--a bulldozer and a road grader. The project takes four weeks. Diagrams and procedures are included. (PR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Learning Activities, Models
