Science Shorts: Is This Alive?

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This column provides classic classroom activities that emphasize science process skills. This month’s issue uses place-based education to teach students the living and nonliving components of the environment.

Topics

Amphibians Animals Annelids Arthropods Birds Boney fish Cartilagenous fish CCC1: Patterns Cnidarians Crosscutting Concepts Cycles Dinosaurs Disciplinary Core Ideas Disciplinary Core Ideas in Life Science Echinoderms Ecosystems ENCdl Energy transfer Flat worms Food web Jawless fish Kindergarten Life Science Life Science LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems LS2: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics Mammals Mollusks Pedagogy Reptiles Round worms Science and Engineering Practices Science Focus SEP4: Analyzing and Interpreting Data SEP7: Engaging in Argument from Evidence Sponges Teaching Strategies Three Dimensions of the Framework and/or NGSS

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2014Stock # sc14_051_07_78Volume 051Issue 07

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Betty Paulsell (Kansas City, MO)

Alive????

This article uses place-based education where students incorporate real life experiences with science, reading, writing, etc. They learn about what is alive by creating their own criteria, ... See More

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