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Harris, Emily M.; Ballard, Heidi L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
To address the limited time and support for elementary science, science instruction is sometimes distributed among classroom teachers, science specialists, and informal science educators, creating a complex school science culture. We investigate how student agency may be enabled and constrained when school science learning happens simultaneously…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Rosenthal, Julie L. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2018
Recent science education reform has led to an increased emphasis on engaging students in inquiry and science practices rather than having them simply memorize scientific facts. However, many teachers of elementary science may themselves have had more traditional science learning experiences, and may therefore be unsure about inquiry-based teaching…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
Gopal, Jyoti; Pastor, Ella – Science and Children, 2013
This article describes a hands-on science curriculum used to teach kindergarten students about decomposition at the Riverdale Country School in the Bronx, New York. The goal was to get students to spend more time in the natural world and to have the opportunity to literally "get their hands dirty." This was premised on the idea that the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Kindergarten, Hands on Science
Garcia-Ruiz, Francisca – Science Scope, 2009
The creation of schoolyard gardens is a growing movement in the United States and around the world (Ballard, Tong, and Usher 1998; Pope 1998; Lewis 2004). It brings together all of the features of authentic hands-on science: Students can collect data on plant growth, observe the plant and animal interactions in the garden, and acquire a sense of…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Environmental Education, Hands on Science, Gardening