The Invention and Advance of Scientific Instruments
Overview
The study of the heavens produced the earliest surviving scientific instruments, and the need for accurate astronomical sightings and calcu...
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Science
Sociologists of science study the social organization of science, the relationships between science and other social institutions, social influences on the content of scientific knowledge, and...
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Science: Overview
Science looms as large as any aspect of the contemporary world, with multiple moral and political engagements on its own as well as through its associations with technology. Both as ...
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Science
Timeline
1900–1909 ∼ Quantum Theory, Aviation Science, Genetics, Statistics
German physicist Max Planck presents the quantum theory that speculates energy is emitted in pulses f...
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In the following essay, Moravcsik examines the categories devised by Aristotle and offers an explanation regarding their role in Aristotle's theories. Moravcsik maintains that the nature of the...
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In the following excerpt, Lloyd discusses Aristotle's doctrine of categories, the syllogism, and the idea of scientific knowledge. In studying the works in which these topics are presented, Llo...
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In the following essay, Wedin maintains that in De Anima, Aristotle provides a general theory of the soul which he extends and develops in other works. Wedin goes on to explore the relationship betwee...
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In the following essay, written in 1994, Senack investigates Aristotle's theories regarding the soul in order to determine his views on the differences between male and female souls. Senack fin...
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In the following essay, Gordon examines tensions between modern literature and science.
The French scientist Jacques Monod, using the evidence of modern biology, has brought up to date the hypothes...
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In the following essay, Cherry emphasizes the importance of communication between poets and scientists.
In an essay first published in The New Statesman in 1956 and later included in a series of le...
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In the following essay, Kurz discusses the place of literature in a world increasingly dominated by science and technology.
The Discussion in England
The last essay of the late Aldous Huxley1 deals...
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In the following essay, Levin offers his view of the affinities between modern fiction and science.
Since my three-word title echoes those two nouns which denote the subject of this symposium, it s...
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In the following essay, Brackett discusses the relationship between science and literature in the nineteenth century, claiming that new avenues in literature were limited and science offered the oppor...
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In the following essay, Flint examines George Eliot's The Lifted Veil as a text representative of the developing contemporary debate about the relationship between physiology and psychology.
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In the following essay, Underwood evaluates Shelley's engagement with contemporary debates on science and natural philosophy, remarking on the connections between his scientific studies and poe...
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In the following essay, Hume characterizes Three Thousand Years Among the Microbes as one of Twain's few satiric attacks on the scientific ideologies of his time.
Despite the fact that Mark ...
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In the following essay, O'Neill offers an analysis of Tennyson's poetry, explaining that his synthesis of the romantic and scientific helped define the Victorian response to the muddied ...
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In the following essay, Wilson examines Dickinson's poems concerning death, noting that while the poet's attitude toward the power of the scientific method is generally favorable, she re...
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In the following essay, Brigham studies Shelley's Adonais as an interdisciplinary poem that incorporates scientific literature with traditional poetry.
Research programs in science studies&#...
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In the following excerpt, Walls surveys nineteenth-century theories about the plurality of worlds in the context of several notable non-fiction works of the time.
We might try our lives by a thousa...
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In the following essay, Burroughs looks at nineteenth-century literary figures, including Keats, Tennyson, Emerson, and Carlyle, to assess the extent to which these writers were influenced by science....
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In the following essay, Mayne discusses how poetry and science are more similar than different in that they both seek truth. Likewise, Mayne claims that the best way to popularize scientific knowledge...
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In the following essay, Mizruchi examines the emergence of the science of sociology in the nineteenth century and discusses the ways in which the concerns of this new science corresponded to the conce...
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In the following essay, Cooper traces the influence of the scientific theories of evolution and determinism on nineteenth-century poetry, explaining that the period was one of extensive experimentatio...
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In the following essay, Walls finds that the rise of nature literature is related to the hardening distinctions between science and literature, an issue that was of great significance to intellectuals...
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In the following essay, Morgan reviews two 1998 texts dealing with the effects of modernization and globalization on late-nineteenth-century intellectuals, commenting on the resonating power of questi...
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In the following essay, White discusses the impact of science on Dickinson's poetry, speculating that the poet used her writing to explore the negative effects of the scientific impulse to unco...
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In the following essay, Hume analyses Poe's “Ligeia” as a synthesis of mythology and science.
In a September 1839 letter to Philip Cooke, Edgar Allan Poe expressed his view tha...
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Introductory science lessons for junior primary children. Topics covered include: Electricity and Magnetism; Light and Sound; The Weather; Human Effects on the Environment.
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Introductory science lessons for junior primary children. Topics covered include: Myself and Other Living Things; Living Things - Needs and Processes; Keeping Warm; Structure of Materials; Effects ...
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Presents science as a field of study that follows a particular method, namely the Scientific Method. Students are introduced to various fundamental skills of scientific research that include: makin...
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Teaching and Learning with the Computer Series presents ready-to-use resources featuring hands-on activities that connect your curriculum and today's technology.
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Help your students write reports with this book of reproducible forms, illustrations, writing suggestions, discussion starters, and factual summaries. A total of 30 reports in three categories: wil...
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From animal habitats to the human body, matter to machines, rainforests to recycling, it's all here in one easy-to-use volume! Includes 296 reproducible picture cards, diagrams, graphic organizers ...
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This all-in-one resource helps you and your young students create eight different books on a wide variety of science interests. The story titles in this volume are: Bones, Flightless Birds, Let it ...
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Science Experiments for Young Learners is your comprehensive, hands-on science resource. The 122 experiments address the National Science Education Standards appropriate for young learners. Relevan...
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The 27 stories in Read and Understand Science address objectives drawn from the National Science Education Standards. There are stories in the areas of life science, physical science, earth and spa...
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The 27 stories in Read and Understand Science address objectives drawn from the National Science Education Standards. There are stories in the areas of life science, physical science, earth and spa...
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The 27 stories in Read and Understand Science address objectives drawn from the National Science Education Standards. There are stories in the areas of life science, physical science, earth and spa...
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The 27 stories in Read and Understand Science address objectives drawn from the National Science Education Standards. There are stories in the areas of life science, physical science, earth and spa...
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Children are naturally fascinated by the world around them. This book utilizes that sense of wonder to help your students or children at home learn to do simple science experiments.
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Turn to Hands-On Science--20 Themes for 20 highly motivating, classroom-tested science units that help students learn by doing. Students practice the scientific inquiry skills outlined in the Natio...
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How to Do Science Experiments with Children is a reliable 200+ page resource for teaching science concepts to young children in a fun, hands-on way. This book contains 70 stress-free experiments th...
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Learning centers are a motivating way for students to practice important skills. The activities in Take It to Your Seat Science Centers reinforce science skills with full-color centers that contain...
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Learning centers are a motivating way for students to practice important skills. The activities in Take It to Your Seat Science Centers reinforce science skills with full-color centers that contain...
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Learning centers are a motivating way for students to practice important skills. The activities in Take It to Your Seat Science Centers reinforce science skills with full-color centers that contain...
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A Fun, Interactive Way to Learn This book features 12 or more different interactive games based on a particular life science, earth science, or physical science theme. As with other books in the I ...
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A Fun, Interactive Way to Learn This book features 12 or more different interactive games based on a particular life science, earth science, or physical science theme. As with other books in the I ...
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Over 100 Reproducible Activities to Sharpen Basic SkillsPhysical Science supplements and enriches classroom teaching to enhance students' understanding of vocabulary, functions, and fundamental pro...
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Over 100 Reproducible Activities to Sharpen Basic SkillsProvides activities that illustrate and explain concepts that correlate with national science standards and help students develop science pro...
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Over 100 Reproducible Activities to Sharpen Basic SkillsProvides activities that illustrate and explain concepts that correlate with national science standards and help students develop science pro...
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Over 100 Reproducible Activities to Sharpen Basic SkillsProvides activities that illustrate and explain concepts that correlate with national science standards and help students develop science pro...
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A Basic Review of Core CurriculumThis book includes hundreds of questions and answers to use for Skill Practice and Test Prep and review of basic concepts, classroom learning center games, a year-r...
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Each four-page unit progresses from simple activities to more complex ones. Through these hands-on projects, students truly learn science by doing science, while having fun along the way. Topics ...
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Designed for busy teachers of young students, this book provides hands-on, developmentally appropriate activities that are easy to implement and require little or no preparation. Science concepts a...
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Children are introduced to quick and easy science experiences which are amazing, exciting, and intellectually stimulating. Experiment with air pressure, homemade chemicals, gravity, and water to di...
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Full-color, hands-on centers encourage students to make their own scientific discoveries. Simple literacy activities explore different areas of Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Physical S...
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Each book in this series provides a variety of motivating, interactive activities to help young students master concepts and content. The "cut and paste" format allows students to try a variety of ...
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High-interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about science topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, detail, vocab...
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High-interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about science topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, detail, vocab...
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High-interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about science topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, detail, vocab...
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High-interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about science topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, detail, vocab...
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High-interest, nonfiction articles help students learn about science topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Each story is followed by questions that cover main idea, detail, vocab...
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Meet science standards, encourage inquiry and nurture students' natural curiosity about the world around them with hands-on explorations, full-color games and graphing activities.Topics in physical...
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Meet science standards, encourage inquiry and nurture students' natural curiosity about the world around them with hands-on explorations, full-color games and graphing activities.Topics in physical...
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Inquiry-based and easy-to-follow activities help students develop positive attitudes toward science. The experiments are aligned with national standards and benchmarks. They cover the areas of phys...
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Inquiry-based and easy-to-follow activities help students develop positive attitudes toward science. The experiments are aligned with national standards and benchmarks. They cover the areas of phys...
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Students who do well in school feel better about themselves. With the help of this 4-book series of Better Grades and Higher Test Scores, each and every student will be given the tools that will le...
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Science equipment, process skills, laws and principles, properties, formulas, tables, scales, a complete glossary of terms and definitions, plus microscope experiments and science fair investigatio...
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Educators know that early learning success is the cornerstone for a lifelong love of learning. The Ready to Learn book series capitalizes on these vitally important teachable years of pre-school an...
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What child doesn't love an opportunity to be creative? The activities in the Fun Things to Make and Do series will bring hours of delight and and productive satisfaction. For use at school and at h...
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Available in English or Spanish, this book is an outstanding introduction for young children to fundamental science concepts. The activities found in Creative Science Experiences for the Young Chil...
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Available in English or Spanish, this book is an outstanding introduction for young children to fundamental science concepts. The activities found in Creative Science Experiences for the Young Chil...
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The standards-based graphic organizers, rubrics, and writing prompts in this book have been designed to provide busy teachers with a bank of resources from which to draw as the need arises. Nationa...
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Perfect for storing in the front of a notebook, these study guides serve as quick references for busy students who need easy access to information. Each guide contains an overview of critical infor...
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This book is part of a series in which students will be intrigued by exercises that teach them while making learning fun. Why don't people fall out of upside-down roller coasters? What makes firewo...
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Written by teachers, this book will help students explore the mysteries of science. Skills Checklist, more than 40 Activity Pages, Answer Key, and Skills Test are included.
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Students investigate the world of science with two children and their pets as they look at dinosaurs, unscramble mixed-up animals, get friendly with bugs, and figure out if a rat can float.
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Students involve themselves in adventures such as tracking down mysterious forces, investigating clouds, finding out what bees know, and looking for alligator backbones. This book contains activiti...
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Different scientists and their laboratory mice helpers lead students on science adventures. Topics covered in this book include: plant & animal classifications, states of matter, and the solar system.
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Written by teachers, this book will help students explore the mysteries of science. Included are activities in conducting research, inventions, classification, experimentation, and more!
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Written by teachers, this book will help students explore the mysteries of science. Included are investigations into plant and animal behaviors, minerals, physics, earth changes, and more!
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Offers teachers and students a complete resource for Science at the Middle Grade Level. As an addition to the BNB series, the tradition continues of building a solid foundation of essential skills ...
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Never again will teachers need to stare at a blank page and begin to create a test for their students. Correlated to the key skills in the BASIC/Not Boring Series, these tests are all teachers and ...
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Just what you were looking for-a set of books especially designed for new teachers, pre-service educators, or anyone who is interested in current educational theory and practice. Up-to-date, resea...
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As they read about science, students develop content vocabulary and scientific fluency. By doing science experiments, students see science in action and gain a clearer understanding of scientific p...
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As they read about science, students develop content vocabulary and scientific fluency. By doing science experiments, students see science in action and gain a clearer understanding of scientific p...
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The mind-stretching, creative writing activities in this book were designed to correlate with the science curriculum. There are 21 science topics including Food Chains, Simple Machines, the Human ...
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The mind-stretching, creative writing activities in this book were designed to correlate with the science curriculum. There are 21 science topics including Ecosystems, Climate, Glaciers, the Solar...
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Are you looking for actual differentiated activities that you can use in the classroom? These practical books are just what you need. The first section provides information about seven research-b...
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Using ordinary materials commonly found in the classroom, students will delight in doing a variety of scientific investigations that will lead them to their own discoveries about scientific phenome...
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Using ordinary materials commonly found in the classroom, students will delight in doing a variety of scientific investigations that will lead them to their own discoveries about scientific phenome...
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Using ordinary materials commonly found in the classroom, students will delight in doing a variety of scientific investigations that will lead them to their own discoveries about scientific phenome...
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How does it work? Why does it do that? What will happen if . . .?' Questions curious kids ask about everyday things from breathing to popcorn! Tracey Schofield's answer to these questions is a book...
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Your students will investigate, create and discover while acquiring knowledge and skills in all areas of the curriculum. The open-ended learning activities give students opportunities to explore sc...
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Build background knowledge, teach beginning science concepts and have fun at the same time! This handy resource is chockful of creative ideas for exploring 3 important strands of the early childhoo...
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This book features six sections of cards with each section pertaining to a topic of scientific interest. The cards can be used in any number of ways including trivia games, learning centers and fil...
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Help your Grade 1 students explore standards-based science concepts and vocabulary using 150 daily lessons! Vocabulary practice, hands-on activities, and comprehension tests provide everything you ...
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Help your Grade 2 students explore standards-based science concepts and vocabulary using 150 daily lessons! Vocabulary practice, hands-on activities, and comprehension tests provide everything you ...
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Help your Grade 3 students explore standards-based science concepts and vocabulary using 150 daily lessons! Vocabulary practice, hands-on activities, and comprehension tests provide everything you ...
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Using ordinary materials commonly found in the classroom, students will delight in doing a variety of scientific investigations that will lead them to their own discoveries about scientific phenome...
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Using ordinary materials commonly found in the classroom, students will delight in doing a variety of scientific investigations that will lead them to their own discoveries about scientific phenome...
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Using ordinary materials commonly found in the classroom, students will delight in doing a variety of scientific investigations that will lead them to their own discoveries about scientific phenome...
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How does it work? Why does it do that? What will happen if . . .?' Questions curious kids ask about everyday things from breathing to popcorn! Tracey Schofield's answer to these questions is a book...
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Your students will investigate, create and discover while acquiring knowledge and skills in all areas of the curriculum. The open-ended learning activities give students opportunities to explore sc...
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Build background knowledge, teach beginning science concepts and have fun at the same time! This handy resource is chockful of creative ideas for exploring 3 important strands of the early childhoo...
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This book features six sections of cards with each section pertaining to a topic of scientific interest. The cards can be used in any number of ways including trivia games, learning centers and fil...
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Science Puzzlers. These easy-to-use, hands-on explorations are just what you need to get your science curriculum, and your students, into action!
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Science Puzzlers. These easy-to-use, hands-on explorations are just what you need to get your science curriculum, and your students, into action!This enhanced eBook gives you the freedom to copy an...
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Activities to Encourage Students to Think and Solve Problems. These easy-to-use, hands-on explorations are just what you need to get your science curriculum, and your students, into action!
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Activities to Encourage Students to Think and Solve Problems. These easy-to-use, hands-on explorations are just what you need to get your science curriculum, and your students, into action!This enh...
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Help your Grade 4 students explore standards-based science concepts and vocabulary using 150 daily lessons! Vocabulary practice, hands-on activities, and comprehension tests provide everything you ...
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Practical strategies, activities, and assessments help teachers differentiate lessons to meet the individual needs, styles, and abilities of students. Each unit of study includes key concepts, disc...
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Practical strategies, activities, and assessments help teachers differentiate lessons to meet the individual needs, styles, and abilities of students. Each unit of study includes key concepts, disc...
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Practical strategies, activities, and assessments help teachers differentiate lessons to meet the individual needs, styles, and abilities of students. Each unit of study includes key concepts, disc...
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Fit standards-based science instruction into your curriculum!Help your grade 5 students develop a genuine understanding of standards-based scientific concepts and vocabulary using the 150 engaging ...
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Here's a great way to reinforce and test knowledge. Each game includes 50 terms with 2 or 3 clues for each. These clue cards are to be chosen randomly as you would in any bingo style game. The game...
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Here's a great way to reinforce and test knowledge. Each game includes 50 terms with 2 or 3 clues for each. These clue cards are to be chosen randomly as you would in any bingo style game. The game...
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Fit standards-based science instruction into your curriculum!Help your grade 6+ students develop a genuine understanding of standards-based scientific concepts and vocabulary using the 150 engaging...
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Each four-page unit progresses from simple activities to more complex ones. Through these hands-on projects, students truly learn science by doing science, while having fun along the way. Topics ...
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Practical strategies, activities, and assessments help teachers differentiate lessons to meet the individual needs, styles, and abilities of students. Each unit of study includes key concepts, disc...
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Practical strategies, activities, and assessments help teachers differentiate lessons to meet the individual needs, styles, and abilities of students. Each unit of study includes key concepts, disc...
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Practical strategies, activities, and assessments help teachers differentiate lessons to meet the individual needs, styles, and abilities of students. Each unit of study includes key concepts, disc...
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Designed for busy teachers of young students, this book provides hands-on, developmentally appropriate activities that are easy to implement and require little or no preparation. Science concepts a...
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Children are introduced to quick and easy science experiences which are amazing, exciting, and intellectually stimulating. Experiment with air pressure, homemade chemicals, gravity, and water to di...
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Full-color, hands-on centers encourage students to make their own scientific discoveries. Simple literacy activities explore different areas of Life Science, Earth and Space Science, and Physical S...
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Each book in this series provides a variety of motivating, interactive activities to help young students master concepts and content. The cut and paste format allows students to try a variety of po...
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Over 100 activities and online resources engage students in activities related to the science curriculum.This enhanced eBook gives you the freedom to copy and paste the content of each page into th...
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Mastering Skills takes a fresh approach to the mastery of grade-specific skills. Each book uses a wide range of activities to spark students' interest in learning. As students complete the activiti...
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Meet science standards, encourage inquiry and nurture students' natural curiosity about the world around them with hands-on explorations, full-color games and graphing activities.Topics in physical...
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Meet science standards, encourage inquiry and nurture students' natural curiosity about the world around them with hands-on explorations, full-color games and graphing activities.Topics in physical...
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Inquiry-based and easy-to-follow activities help students develop positive attitudes toward science. The experiments are aligned with national standards and benchmarks. They cover the areas of phys...
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Inquiry-based and easy-to-follow activities help students develop positive attitudes toward science. The experiments are aligned with national standards and benchmarks. They cover the areas of phys...
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As they read about science, students develop content vocabulary and scientific fluency. By doing science experiments, students see science in action and gain a clearer understanding of scientific p...
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As they read about science, students develop content vocabulary and scientific fluency. By doing science experiments, students see science in action and gain a clearer understanding of scientific p...
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As they read about science, students develop content vocabulary and scientific fluency. By doing science experiments, students see science in action and gain a clearer understanding of scientific p...
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Students will be amazed to discover that every time they climb onto bicycles and ride like the wind, they are defying gravity! This book explains the physics and history behind bicycles, skateboard...
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Students may never expect that they might free fall to Earth, but if they have ever dived into a pool, that's exactly what they've done. This book shows students how Newton's three laws of motion a...
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The need for speed is the motivating factor in this engaging reader. Students learn the history of travel from the very slow to the supersonic and beyond, including everything in between. They lear...
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True or False: The only reason to play sports is to have fun. False! They also offer opportunities for students to learn and apply concepts and principles related to force and motion. Students lear...
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Students won't have to disassemble their favorite toys to discover what makes them work. This reader explores electric, magnetic, and motion-powered toys from design to function. It introduces stud...
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This Matter handbook is designed to guide your students through exploration of scientific concepts and features background information for each topic, hands-on activities, experiments, and science ...
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This Matter handbook is designed to guide your students through exploration of scientific concepts and features background information for each topic, hands-on activities, experiments, and science ...
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This Living Organisms handbook is designed to guide your students through exploration of scientific concepts and features background information for each topic, hands-on activities, experiments, an...
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This Living Organisms handbook is designed to guide your students through exploration of scientific concepts and features background information for each topic, hands-on activities, experiments, an...
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Most of the Earth's changes happen over millions of years. But earthquakes can force significant changes to the land in just a few moments. Students will learn the science of plate tectonics and it...
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Most of the Earth's changes happen over millions of years. But earthquakes can force significant changes to the land in just a few moments. Students will learn the science of plate tectonics and it...
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Most of the Earth's changes happen over millions of years. But earthquakes can force significant changes to the land in just a few moments. Students will learn the science of plate tectonics and it...
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Most of the Earth's changes happen over millions of years. But earthquakes can force significant changes to the land in just a few moments. Students will learn the science of plate tectonics and it...
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Most of the Earth's changes happen over millions of years. But earthquakes can force significant changes to the land in just a few moments. Students will learn the science of plate tectonics and it...
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Most of the Earth's changes happen over millions of years. But earthquakes can force significant changes to the land in just a few moments. Students will learn the science of plate tectonics and it...
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Developed for grades K-5, this rich resource provides teachers with practical strategies to enhance science instruction. Strategies and model lessons are provided in each of the following umbrella ...
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Developed for grades K-5, this rich resource provides teachers with practical strategies to enhance science instruction. Strategies and model lessons are provided in each of the following umbrella ...
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Developed for grades 6-12, this rich resource provides teachers with practical strategies to enhance science instruction. Strategies and model lessons are provided in each of the following umbrella...
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Teacher directions for creating a science center on whether various items will sink or float in water. Includes directions, student directions and record sheet, materials list, and preparation.
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept that 'Some objects will sink in water and others will float'. The unit provides a minibook plus 3 student activities t...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept that 'Temperature is a property that can be measured.' It includes a minibook about using a thermometer to measure tem...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 focuses on the concept 'Machines make work easier.' The unit includes a minibook on digging machines plus 3 student activities on comprehension...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object.' The unit includes a minibook on creating shadows, plus ...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'When some substances are placed in a liquid, they dissolve.' It includes a reproducible minibook, plus 3 student activitie...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'The properties of materials may change when they are cooked. The unit provides a reproducible minibook, plus three st...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Plant leaves produce food for plants and people.' The unit includes a reproducible minibook , plus student activities on c...
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This 'Read & Understand Science ' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Plants and animals closely resemble their parents.' The unit includes a reproducible minibook, plus three student ac...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'The sun provides light and heat.' The unit contains a reproducible minibook, plus three student activities on compreh...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Plants need light to grow and survive.' The unit includes a minibook on Sam's experiments with plants and light, plus...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Animals leave tracks that can be used for identification.' The unit includes a minibook on animal tracks, plus three...
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This 'Read and Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Water vapor condenses when air strikes a cold surface.' The unit includes a minibook on water condensation, plus th...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Air is all around.' The unit includes a minibook on the concept, plus three student activities on comprehension, cont...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Moving air makes useful energy.' the unit includes a minibook on the concept, plus three student activities on compre...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'different materials combine to form a new substance. The unit includes a minibook on combining ingredients to make Pl...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Wind and water can cause erosion.' The unit includes a minibook about the concept, plus three student activities on c...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Animals adapt to the habitat in which they live.' The unit includes a minibook about sea otters, plus three student a...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigatges the concept 'Matter exists in three forms--solid, liquid, and gas.' The unit includes a minibook, plus three student activities o...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Frogs change in a predictable cycle as they grow.' The unit includes a minibook, plus three student activities on seq...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Humans have senses that help them detect internal and external cues.' The unit includes a minibook on how senses tell...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'The force of gravity keeps objects on the surface of the Earth. The unit includes a minibook, plus three student acti...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'A skeleton supports and protects.' The unit includes a minibook about skeletons (interior, exterior, or none at all),...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'The strength of a material can be changed by changing its shape.' The unit includes a minibook on strengthening a pap...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Water expands as it freezes' (and how a person puts on heavy coats for protection and warmth). The unit includes a min...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'surface tension pulls the molecules near the surface of water together.' The unit includes a minibook, plus three stu...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'The rotation of the Earth causes day and night.' The unit includes a minibook about the concept, plus three student a...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 1-2 investigates the concept 'Composting changes organic garbage into rich soil.' The unit includes a minibook, plus three student activities on co...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates a flowering plant's life cycle. The unit includes a two-page article, plus three student activities answering comprehension questi...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates a thunderstorm, including definitions of lightening and thunder. The unit contains a story about a thunderstorm, plus three studen...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates how scientists use tools to help in research. The unit includes a comparison about tools used by Tomas and Dr. Wilson, plus three ...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' for grades 2-3 investigates information about the moon, including phases. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three student activities on answering compreh...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates how seeds from a puffball and weeds travel. The unit contains a two-page story, plus three student activities on answering compre...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates the scientist who invented Velcro. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three student activities on answering comprehension ...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates three main kinds of trees (broadleaf, conifer, palm tree) and important tree parts. The unit includes a two-page article, plus thr...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates stars and how they seem to twinkle (poem included). The unit contains a two-page article that begins with the familiar poem, plus ...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates how magnets work. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three student activities on answering comprehension questions, defini...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates the four stages of a moth's life cycle (egg, larva, pupa, adult). The unit contains a two-page article, plus three student activit...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates concepts of sound: how it is produced, vibrations that are caught by the ear, etc. The unit contains a two-page article, plus thre...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates an experiment using hot water and a balloon and how Phil recorded his observations. The unit contains a two-page article, plus thr...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates how a rainbow forms. The unit contains an article and a poem about rainbows, plus three student activities on answering comprehens...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates how the earth rotates (causing day & night) and orbits/revolves around the sun (causing the seasons). The unit contains a two-page...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates what friction is and includes three experiments. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three student activities on answering ...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates how to use simple machines to build a treehouse. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three student activities on answering ...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates honeybees and the jobs that selected bees have (queen, drone, worker). The unit contains a two-page article, plus three student ac...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates the characteristics of invertebrates such as spiders and insects. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three student activit...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates how scientists observe tiny things or objects far off in space. The unit contains an article about microscopes, telescopes or magn...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates heat and how insulation affects heat transfer. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three activities to answer comprehension...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates the composition of soil and layers of soil. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three activities to answer comprehension qu...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates the strange Australian mammal called a Platypus. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three activities to answer comprehensi...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates the human body's process of digestion The unit contains a two-page article about how digestion changes a bite of pizza into energy...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates a desert habitat and the plants and animals who live there. The unit contains a two-page article (with a mention of Death Valley),...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates why we should recycle materials and what we can do to recycle. The unit includes a two-page article, plus three activities to answ...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates plastic, how different kinds of plastic are made, and what items are made in plastic. The unit contains a two-page article, plus ...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 2-3 investigates fossils, including information about the Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil nicknamed 'Sue' and paleontologists. The unit contains a two-pag...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates the importance of sleep. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answer comprehension questions, def...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates how Aaron describes using his five senses. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answer comprehens...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates sound with focus on how a guitar makes sounds. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answer compr...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates the composition of soil, as narrated by 'Earnest Earthworm'. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates the concept that objects have properties (color, weight, shape, etc.) The unit contains a poem and one-page article with direction...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates how and why cats play and what they learn from play. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answer ...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates ideas for creating a better habitat for birds. The unit contains a two-page article about things you can do in the backyard to fee...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates the three states of matter (solids, liquids, gasses). The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answer...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates James B. Eads, inventor and St. Louis bridge builder. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answe...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates how limestone was formed, characteristics of the rock, and how people use it. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three ski...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates magnetism and magnetic compasses. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answer comprehension quest...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates how fire affects a forest in positive ways. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answer compreh...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates how oil was formed, what uses oil has, and what renewable resources there might be. The unit contains a two-page article, plus thr...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates scientist and cotton grower Sally Fox, who has developed unusual cotton seeds and plants. The unit contains a two-page article, pl...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates the need for heat in winter and how insulation keeps things warm. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activiti...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates a scientist who has done experiments with monkeys to learn how animals think and feel. The unit contains a two-page article, plus ...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 describes interesting facts about the planets in our Solar System. The unit contains two-pages of paragraphs written in almanac style, plus th...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates explanations about eclipses by ancient people and what scientists today are learning. The unit contains a two-page story & article...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates hail, how it is formed, and the damage it can do. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answer co...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates light, how energy comes from the sun, the aurora borealis, artificial light, and other aspects. The unit contains a two-page artic...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates how scientists classify animal characteristics and place them in groups. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills a...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates how wild animals have adapted to city life. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answer questions...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates the process of recycling and how various items can be used again in different ways. The unit contains a two-page article, plus thr...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates mountain types (folded mountains, fault-block, dome, volcanic) and how they were formed. The unit contains a two-page article, plu...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates computerized tomography, a special kind of X-ray image. The unit contains a two-page article about medical tools like the CT scann...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates the how fossils developed into the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three ski...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 3-4 investigates Earth's resources (plants, metals, manmade materials) and how humans use those resources. The unit contains a two-page article, pl...
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The 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates the effects of the common cold virus. The unit contains a two-page article about how the cold virus attacks the body, plus three s...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates life in the ocean's intertidal zone. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answer comprehension q...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates energy by defining potential energy, kinetic energy, and the effect on balls and eggs. The unit contains a two-page article, plus...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates radiant and ultraviolet energy that comes from the sun. The unit contains a two-page poem with explanatory paragraphs, plus three...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates the concept and effects of gravity in the solar system and on earth. The unit contains a two-page article including directions fo...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates how light travels and how to bend beams of light. The unit contains a two-page article, plus three skills activities to answer co...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates the process of invention. The unit contains a humorous two-page science story, followed by three skills activities to answer comp...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates what yeast is, how Louis Pasteur proved that it was living, and how yeast is used. The unit contains a two-page article, plus thr...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates alternative fuel sources for cars, including electricity, solar-power, Hybrids, & biomass fuels. The unit contains a two-page art...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates comets with a story about a girl and her mom studying together. The unit contains a two-page story, plus three skills activities ...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates information about different kinds of rocks and the work that people do in a rock quarry. The unit contains a two-page dialog, plu...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ tells about a boy who observes a total solar eclipse. The unit contains a two-page story, plus three activities to answer comprehension questi...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ provides a tongue-in-cheek story about solving a mystery involving deadly compounds. The unit contains a two-page story, plus three activities...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ provides a story about how a tornado formed and what happened to Ethan and Sarah. The unit contains a two-page story, plus three activities to...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates the earth's tectonic plates, especially those that cause the San Andreas fault, and earthquakes that happen on the fault line. Th...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ presents letters to and from lance and Professor Parsec about getting a rocket into space. The unit contains two letters, plus three activiti...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ provides biographical information about astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who helped to build a radio telescope and discovered the first pulsar....
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates the periodic table of elements, a reference tool that lists elements by atomic number. The unit contains a two-page article, plus...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ investigates Percy Spencer's discovery of using microwaves to cook food. The unit contains a two-page article , plus three activities to answe...
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This 'Read & Understand Science' unit for grades 4-6+ tells how young Al Glover experimented with airplane models and discovered how to improve the wing design for better flight. The unit contain...
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Climate Change: Delegates from 120 nations have been in Brussels trying to finalize wording for the summary of an upcoming United Nations report on global warming. This is science? No, it's politic...
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The deal to build a biotech center in New York took five years and required a considerable amount of arm twisting, but today the mayor announced Alexandria Real Estate Equities would get the honors...
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Following is a summary of science news briefs compiled from
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the file.
Comet Holmes' display captivates stargazers CHICAGO (Reuters) ...
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The Invention and Advance of Scientific Instruments
Science
Science: Overview
Science
J. M. E. Moravcsik
Starting Science 2
Uncertain Science
