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January 2007, p. 3-4

Table of Contents

January 2007 Illustrated Table of Contents

Science&Children
NSTA's peer-reviewed journal for elementary teachers
January 2007
Volume 44, Number 5
This issue's focus: Primary Foundations

FEATURES

A student in thought Grades K�2
20 How Do You Know That?
Guiding early elementary students to develop evidence-based explanations about animals
Jennifer Folsom, Catherine Hunt, Maria Cavicchio, Anne Schoenemann, and Matthew D�Amato

Grades K�2
26 A DASH of Inspiration
An inquiry institute sparks one teacher to try�and succeed�in using inquiry with her young students.
Judith Longfield

Students working on a weather project Grades K�2
30 Fabulous Weather Day (free!)
A do-it yourself, in-school field trip for first graders brings weather education to life.
Candice Marshall and H. Michael Mogil

Students working in a learning center Grades 4�6
35 Breaking the Sound Barrier
Finally, some hands-on learning centers that teach about sound!
Tom Brown and Kim Boehringer

Students working together Grades K�6
40 Drawing on Students� Knowledge
This quick and fun assessment checks student understanding before and after studying plant life cycles.
Elisabeth Schussler and Jeff Winslow