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Recognizing Excellence: Turtles and Technology
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Erickson, Susan; Howard, Sue – Science and Children, 2011
Participating in the Disney Planet Challenge (DPC) program allowed this author's 22 fourth-grade students an opportunity to be involved in a real-world problem: how to protect a threatened species and become its advocate. Using many different technology tools, the students informed their community about a threatened species--the Blanding's…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Wildlife, Elementary School Students, Technology
What's the Next Step?
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Zenchak, John; Lynch, Mary Jean – Science and Children, 2011
The authors developed a demonstration with two similar setups that provide students with both the prior experience to form an expectation and the discrepancy to grab their attention. They follow the demonstration with a structured exploration format that gives students a method for experimenting to find the one built-in difference (i.e., the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement, Inquiry, Scientific Concepts
Sharing Digital Data
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Benedis-Grab, Gregory – Science and Children, 2011
Computers have changed the landscape of scientific research in profound ways. Technology has always played an important role in scientific experimentation--through the development of increasingly sophisticated tools, the measurement of elusive quantities, and the processing of large amounts of data. However, the advent of social networking and the…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Cooperation, Climate, Internet
Experiments with the Viability of Chicken Eggs
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Garigliano, Leonard J. – Science and Children, 1975
Presents the results of an experiment designed to test two hypotheses: (1) a delay of two weeks at room temperature will have no effect on the viability of fertile chicken eggs and (2) refrigeration will have no effect on the viability of fertile chicken eggs. Experimenters were the author and two ninth-grade students. (PEB)
Descriptors: Biology, Experiments, Science Activities, Science Education
Benjamin Franklin: Revolutionary and Experimentalist
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McMahon, A. Michal – Science and Children, 1976
Descriptors: American History, Biographies, Electricity, Experiments
Inquiry on Board!
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Buttemer, Helen – Science and Children, 2006
It has been a practice at the University of Washington to begin their workshops on investigative sciences for preservice and inservice K-8 teachers with the discussion of variables. The teaching of the concepts of variables is important, as it provides students with the opportunity to understand other aspects of an investigation, such as the use…
Descriptors: Investigations, Career Choice, Inquiry, Experiments
Turtle Rings.
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Rowell, Richard M. – Science and Children, 1978
Explains a way to determine the age of a turtle, how to care for them and what to feed them while in temporary captivity. (GA)
Descriptors: Animal Facilities, Animal Husbandry, Animals, Biology
Thinking Engineering
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Martin, Stu; Sharp, Janet; Zachary, Loren – Science and Children, 2004
Most people think that engineering and mathematics go hand in hand. To many, being an engineer means manipulating equations and calculating measurements to design and build structures of all kinds. And they are right. Engineering does involve a great deal of mathematics. But, building structures to withstand certain environmental conditions or…
Descriptors: Engineering, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Experiments