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Direct linkSandifer, Cody – Science and Children, 2009
Students' eyes grow wide with wonder as they get a motor to work or make a bulb light for the first time. As these daunting feats of electrical engineering remind us, teaching electricity is invariably rewarding and worthwhile. In this inquiry-based science project, elementary students work in pairs to design and wire a shoe box "room" that meets…
Descriptors: Science Projects, Energy, Engineering, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedChandler, Pauline – Science Scope, 1997
Describes an activity in which students assume the roles of scientists living in the year 2,001,997 and make their own fossil record discoveries of animals that have undergone evolutionary changes since 1997. Students choose the animals as well as create the adaptations that have taken place. Includes a sample scoring rubric. (DKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evolution, Science Activities
O'Brien, Patricia – Challenge, 2000
Presents an opportunity for students to become better acquainted with inventors and their work, examine past discoveries, and pursue new ideas. (ASK)
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Education, Inventions, Science Activities
Peer reviewedValdez, Penelope S. – Science Teacher, 2001
Describes the use of monthly portfolio projects to track student progress and improve science performance in a 7th grade life science course. Students explain concepts they have learned, produce products to present what they have learned, and use the concepts to critique magazine articles, advertisements, or news stories. Provides an evaluation…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Portfolio Assessment, Science Instruction, Science Projects
Scali, Nancy – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1992
Describes a kindergarten science project that incorporates writing, mathematics, science, art, and technology as students investigate the question: what is the largest living thing to hatch out of an egg? (SR)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Integrated Activities, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Peer reviewedSchafer, Melanie – Science and Children, 2001
Lists the awardees from the Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program and relates the stories behind the inventions. (MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inventions, Science Fairs, Science Instruction
Peer reviewedShoring, Nola – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1995
Descriptors: Science Activities, Science Instruction, Science Projects, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMartin, William – Science Teacher, 1991
Describes an activity that allows students to design and build a craft whose propulsion is derived entirely by the carbon dioxide produced in the chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Science Activities, Science Education
Scali, Nancy – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1993
Describes a science project about growing seeds for which kindergarten students reported their results both by printing and by making a video. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Primary Education
Peer reviewedHousley, James M. – Physics Teacher, 1995
Outlines and illustrates the Dartmouth approach to developing a science project. This problem-solving approach, promoted by the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, helps teachers in guiding students in all phases of project work. (JRH)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Physics, Problem Solving, Science Instruction
Download full textFrankovits, Nick; Luton, L. Grant; Evans, Gay – 2002
This guide introduces the Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Award Program and includes information on competitions, science activities, and tips on how to facilitate invention programs. Sections include the following: (1) "Introducing the Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program"; (2) "Teaching Invention"; (3) "Young…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inventions, Science Activities, Science Fairs
Peer reviewedEdelman, Bruce; Goeglein, Steve – Science Teacher, 1995
Discusses the use of high school students to present physics demonstrations to first graders. (MKR)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Science), Elementary Education, High School Students, Physics
Peer reviewedWoolman, C. H. – School Science Review, 1995
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Physics, Radio, Science Activities
Peer reviewedGalen, Donald F. – American Biology Teacher, 1993
Presents information for teachers on science fairs including international competitions, finding research students, and starting research classes and science clubs. Provides advice for helping students with research. (PR)
Descriptors: High Schools, Science Education, Science Fairs, Science Instruction
National Energy Education Development Project, Reston, VA. – 2000
A unit on energy is a perfect opportunity to use an interdisciplinary approach with a range of grade levels. This blueprint describes the needs of one such program and covers developmental strategies step by step. Each activity is categorized according to grade level. Topics include: (1) "Getting Organized," which discusses selecting activities…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Electricity, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy
