On the Web
October 2005—Nature of Science
Links to quickly get you where S&C goes in this month’s issue.
The October issue of Science and Children is online and available at http://www.nsta.org/main/news/stories/journal_archive_date_list.php?category_ID=86&issue_ID=957.
The Early Years http://science.nsta.org/earlyyearsblog
More Than Messing Around With Magnets
Teacher’s Picks:
Exploratorium Snacks
http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/snackintro.html
An Invisible Attraction
http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/magnets.cfm
The Human Side of Butterflies
Studying the life of entomologist Henri Fabré brings understandings
about the nature of science to a butterfly unit.
By Michelle Scribner-MacLean and Kate McLaughlin
Jean-Henri Fabré: His Life, His Work http://www.efabre.net
Science and Technology for Children (STC): The Life Cycle of Butterflies
http://www.carolina.com/stc/units/butterflies.asp
The Life of the Caterpillar by J. Henri Fabre, 1916
http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/jhf/cater.html
Scientist of the Day
A hands-on program involves first-grade students and their parents in science.
By Maria Salinas
Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer
MadSci Network
http://www.madsci.org/experiments
McREL's Accessible Science Series
http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers
Rader’s Chem4Kids
http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html
Science Made Simple
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com
The Moon in Children’s Literature
How to avoid the pitfalls of introducing misconceptions when reading about
the Moon
By Kathy Cabe Trundle and Thomas H. Troland
Moon Images
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/graphics/Moon_phases.jpg
Every Day Science Calendar—October
George R. Carruthers
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/carruthers.htmlMae Jemison
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/j/jemison.shtml
