Content Themes: Science as a human endeavor

By:  Cynthia Domenghini, NGA Staff Right Side Box:  Keep your Students Learning over the Winter Break! ...

Kidsgardening Article - single page - cynthiad - 04/30/2012 - 11:47 - 0 comments - 2 attachments - 0 groups

Grade Level : 8-12 Materials: Posterboard for six groups of students Exploration 1. As a class, list what the students think are the most important plants for their nation. Discuss why each of these plants may be on the li ...

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When roles are switched and students become teachers, it can be a growing experience for everyone. Jim Micarelli, Science Department Head at Everett High School in Everett, MA, wrote to describe an innovative GrowLab workshop for elementary teachers whi ...

Kidsgardening Classroom Story - admin - 01/28/2011 - 23:10 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups

"My fourth graders had finished an electrical unit, and we moved on to growing plants and studying plant needs," said Painted Post, NY, teacher Carolyn Perry. "Then one curious student suggested that since plants have certain needs and since electricity ...

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Students come to the classroom with ideas about their world, shaped by everyday experience, language, and imaginations that fill in the gaps. Do your students believe that plants suck up food from the soil? Or that trees are not really plants? Bosto ...

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Inspiring Plant Stories While literature can inspire gardening projects and investigations, growing and observing plants can also motivate students to create their own stories and tal ...

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"My students had been reading about Native Americans and noticed the many references to corn and its range of uses," reports Cambridge, MA, third and fourth grade teacher Marianne Moll. "This inspired a series of questions about corn: Where did it com ...

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Cultivating Understanding What should kids know about plants? The formula for photosynthesis? The difference between a taproot and fibrous root? A botanist and a fourth grade teacher ...

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So, is all light created equal? Recently, a fluorescent light manufacturer, eager to convince classroom gardeners of the value of their special Instant Sun fluorescent lights, sent tubes to classrooms willing to design and conduct experiments to compare ...

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So, you've sparked students' curiosity and questions about plants. Now, how do you guide and support them to think and act like scientists as they design and conduct growing investigations? While the "scientific method" is a familiar framework for scien ...

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