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Professional Learning

Activities for Identifying Similarities and Differences

Updating the K-W-L Brings the Focus Back to Literacy, Evidential Thinking

Using Discrepant Events in Elementary Classrooms

Weather Stations: Teaching the Science and Technology Standard

Science Notebooks and Writing Workshops: Helping Students Organize Information

Differentiating Science and Literacy Content with Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears

Questioning Techniques: Research-Based Strategies for Teachers

Cooperative Learning: An Oldie But a Goodie

Book Arts: A Creative Means to Promote Learning

Kids Becoming Scientists through Schoolyard Inquiry

Assessment Strategies: Rubrics

The Learning Cycle in Elementary Science

Performance Assessments: A Marine Example

Culturally Responsive Teaching

Effort, Praise, and Achievement: What Research Says to the Elementary Teacher

Ideas for Organizing Your Teaching

A New Model of Science Curricula and Instruction

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