Free lesson plans aligned to NGSS, student activity sheets, and integrated animations help students understand science and chemistry in everyday life. Inquiry in Action is a FREE teacher resource of ...

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Not long ago, I was a guest reader in the kindergarten class of a very special six-year-old in my life. It was a joy to share a favorite book with my guy, his classmates, and their wonderful teacher.

Good science education at the earliest grades is supremely important, but in most classrooms it gets short shrift. Studies have found that children in kindergarten are already forming negative views ...

Here are two tech-infused lessons that have increased student engagement and brought elementary earth and life sciences to life. Teaching earth science and collaboration in the ‘Windy Day’ project In ...

Students investigate weather-related phenomena including the cause of rain, evaporation, snow, and wind. Students also explore how a coat helps us stay warm in the cold and how blocking the sun to ...

As elementary STEAM educators, we have both learned that the best way to teach science is through hands-on exploration where lessons are both rigorous and relative to all of the students in the ...