October 2006 Illustrated Table of Contents

Science and Children

October 2006
Volume 44, Number 2

This issue's focus: Measurement

FEATURES

Grades 4–6
20 The Polar Insulation Investigation
Comparing animal coverings is a fun way to introduce students to animal adaptations and practice measuring temperature.
Juanita Urban-Rich

Grades 4–6
25 What’s Hot? What’s Not? (free!)
Goldilocks investigates temperature and heat.
Sandy Buczynski

Grades K–3
30 Activities That Really Measure Up
First- and second-grade students build measurement skills with these sequenced activities.
Lorraine A. Smith, Donna R. Sterling, and
Patricia S. Moyer-Packenham

Grades K–6
34 Inquiry on Board
Inquiry boards are excellent tools for highlighting the role of variables in an experiment.
Helen Buttemer

Grades preK–2
40 Sense of Wonder Science
A roll of masking tape, a park, and preschool children’s curiosity lead to discoveries about science and literacy.
Gregory Potter and William Ritz

TEACHER RESOURCES

8 In the News

14 Teaching Through Trade Books
The Great Quake of 1906

17 Science 101
Why is a light-year a unit of distance
rather than a unit of time?

44 The Early Years
Learning Measurement (free!)

48 Methods and Strategies
Thinking Metric

52 Science Shorts
Maximum Capacity

56 Perspectives NEW!
The Myth of Catering to Learning Styles

58 NSTA Recommends

65 Finds & Sites

66 NSTA Conferences
www.nsta.org/conferences

IN EVERY ISSUE

6 Editor’s Note

43 Call for Papers

67 Advertisers Index

68 Every Day Science Calendar
October

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