Science and Children_NSTA

04/11/2019

The November/December 2019 issue of Science and Children is now available! This month, we take a look at cultivating classroom conversations by asking questions, constructing explanations, and using visual thinking techniques, talk moves, and other strategies to encourage and promote student dialogue.
https://www.nsta.org/publications/browse_journals.aspx?action=issue&id=119867

Resources for science teachers

21/10/2019

Heading to Salt Lake City for NSTA’s conference on science education this week? Join us Thursday, October 24, 2019, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 260B, to find out how you can write for Science and Children!

02/10/2019

The October 2019 issue of Science and Children is now available! In this issue, find out how you can engage young learners in engineering design.
https://www.nsta.org/publications/browse_journals.aspx?action=issue&id=119442

Resources for science teachers

04/09/2019

The September 2019 issue of S&C is now available! With the strategies found in this issue, educators will be able to seamlessly integrate differentiated instruction into their teaching.
https://www.nsta.org/publications/browse_journals.aspx?action=issue&id=118995

01/08/2019

The August 2019 issue of Science and Children is now available! The features and columns found in this issue of Science and Children offer ideas for cross-curricular integration of learning.
https://www.nsta.org/publications/browse_journals.aspx?action=issue&id=118240

Resources for science teachers

01/07/2019

The July 2019 issue of Science and Children is now available! This month’s issue focuses on formative assessment and how the information gathered from students’ thinking can and should be used to develop lessons.
https://www.nsta.org/publications/browse_journals.aspx?action=issue&id=117903

24/04/2019

Make science come alive for your students! In this article ($1 for nonmembers), children learn the differences between living and nonliving things.
https://www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/4/sc19_056_08_34

Accurately modeling the nature of science and using patterns in a kindergarten classroom.

22/04/2019

The intricate movements of worms will engage your preschool students in science. Read “The Worms Are Dancing!” from the April/May issue of Science and Children ($1 for nonmembers):
https://www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/4/sc19_056_08_40

An integrated learning experience with preschoolers

18/04/2019

In “Cultivating Curiosity About Creatures,” authors Leslie Bradbury and Rachel Wilson describe a fourth-grade activity where students investigate the physical and behavioral adaptations of crayfish. Read the article ($1 for nonmembers):
https://www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/4/sc19_056_08_54

10/04/2019

Join us this Saturday at NSTA’s national conference on science education in St. Louis to find out how you can successfully prepare a manuscript for publication in Science and Children. For more information, visit: bit.ly/2HGpC2f

03/04/2019

Read, for free, “Pulley Islands” from the April/May 2019 issue of Science and Children.
https://www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/4/sc19_056_08_27

02/04/2019

The April/May 2019 issue of Science and Children is now available! The articles in this month’s issue transcend cookbook-type teaching approaches and strategies by providing students with wholesome, fully balanced learning situations.
https://www.nsta.org/publications/browse_journals.aspx?action=issue&id=117241