Are you looking for ways to effectively integrate--and assess--science and literacy learning? Try having your students create their own books! The Integrated Science Literacy Enactments (ISLE) approach to teaching and learning science is one way to develop students' science understandings while simultaneously enhancing their communication skills.…

Have you ever heard of a Maglev train? Who would be crazy enough to think that exploring how a high-tech train little known in the United States works with a group of fourth-grade students would yield understandings about the properties of magnetism, force and motion, and inquiry science? Fortunately, the authors--a college methods professor and…

In order to develop successful teaching approaches to transformations of matter, we need to know more about how young students develop an understanding of these processes. In this longitudinal study, we followed 25 students from 7 to 13 years of age in their reasoning about transformations of matter. The questions addressed included how the…

The radical philosophies of difference articulated by Deleuze and Guattari are just beginning to impinge the field of education although less so within science education. One common thread among the numerous concepts and neologisms (especially the rhizome) that have been coined is the necessity for thinking and acting in what they call…

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between textbook authors', teachers', and safety specialists' danger potential rankings of selected elementary school science activities. A questionnaire was constructed using twenty-two activities selected from elementary science textbooks which involved potentially dangerous materials…

GRADES OR AGES: K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into six straight-text chapters. One chapter, which outlines curriculum units, is subdivided by grade level--primary, intermediate, or upper elementary. The guide is offset printed and spiral-bound with a paper cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES:…

Plans for science units on mold and other fungi are presented. Tasks for primary and intermediate pupils are included. (MT)

Instructions for reproducing two exhibits from the Exploratorium, San Francisco's science museum, are given. One shows students how white light can be made from red, blue, and green lights. The other helps children discover how small time differences allow them to perceive the origin of a sound. (MT)

Antarctica is described. Activities are suggested that include making plans for an expedition to Antarctica. Resources are listed. (MT)