March 2005
Features
Link Science & Literacy
Teacher-tested, winning ideas to make test scores shine in both reading
and science.
By Meg Lundstrom
The Incredible Water Show
Grap your gallon jugs, buckets, and mops as popular children's author Debra Frasier stages a water-cycle play.
How I Did It! 8 Teachers' Tech Solutions
Easy, innovative ways to save hours — and supercharge student engagement.
By Ron Bel Bruno
Activities & Lessons
Critter Camouflage
Sweet science activities to expose the secrets of animal camouflage to your littlest learners.
By Mackie Rhodes
Get to the "Root" of Prefixes and Suffixes
Your students will become master word builders with these vocabulary-expanding prefix and suffix activities. Includes a reproducible game!
By Pamela Chanko
CyberHunt: Egypt's Pyramids
Mysterious mummies plus the wonders of ancient engineering nd construction.
By Gail Skroback Hennessey
Critter Camouflage Poster
A pull-out "Can You Find Me?" poster bursting with patterns and color, to compliment our "Critter Camouflage" activities.
Easy Magritte Art Workshop
Kids cut and paste their own surrealist masterpieces. See how!
By Christy Hale
Masterpiece Lesson & Poster
Tiny men in bowler hats "rain down" in Rene Magritte's
Golconde.
By Christy Hale
Venus & Serena: Rules for Living, Loving, and Winning
The tennis stars share their secrets for acing life. Includes a reproducible page for kids reprinted from the book!
From Our Readers
Flower-box book bins, giant Scrabble, and science skills.
Columns
Web Sitings: Totally Gross Science
Science sites to captivate kids, tickle you, and gross out everyone.
By Hannah Trierweiler
Education News and Trends
Kids help tsunami victims, the state of education by the numbers, and more.
Reported by Elaine Israel.
New & Noteworthy
The best new science products to catch kids' eyes and captivate young minds.
Teacher Talk: Colleague Connections
In our newest regular column, our readers share their best tips for bonding with coworkers, in the teachers' lounge and beyond.
Plus: Teachers share fresh new ways to connect.
Can You Help?
Child psychology expert Dr. Adele Brodkin and three teachers offer strategies and tips on helping a student who lies compulsively.
Booktalk: New Read Alouds for Spring
These 30 best-of-the-year books for K–8 kids demand to be acted out, written about, and shared with your students.
By Judy Freeman
The Class Picture: A Butterfly Hatches
A favorite classroom photo of science in the classroom: a newly emerged butterfly.
