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Tretter, Thomas R.; Thornburgh, William R.; Duckwall, Mark – Science and Children, 2016
Supporting elementary student understandings of ideas related to Earth's Place in the Universe (ESS1) can be challenging, especially given the large time and distance scales involved with many of the concepts. However, with effective use of crosscutting concepts and science and engineering practices, important concepts within this content domain…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Space Sciences, Elementary School Students, Scientific Concepts
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Skoumios, Michael; Hatsinikita, Vassilia – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2008
The present paper aims at investigating the structure and the content of the written explanations produced by primary school pupils' aged 11-12) during teaching sequences focused on the didactic elaboration of obstacles regarding temperature and heat. At first, teaching sequences targeted at the pupils' destabilising, restructuring, and…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Teaching, Science Instruction, Sequential Approach