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Primary Connections unit: Push-pull
Suzanne Butler

This article was first published in the 'Ideas for science and technology K-6' section of the Science Matters newsletter (March 2008) published by the Science Teachers Association of NSW.

I would like to encourage all teachers to try this unit (and other Primary Connections units) as it is easy to use and a complete teaching and learning resource. I found my students were completely involved and so interested in the science that they began their own investigations at home. Their use of scientific language improved and their ability to produce an accurate and labelled scientific drawing developed as the unit progressed.

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