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Details
| Type of Product: | NSTA Press Book (also see downloadable PDF version of this book) |
| Average Rating: | 
based on 4 reviews |
| Publication Date: | 1/1/2003 |
| Pages: | 133 |
| Stock Number: | PB170X |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87355-225-7 |
| Grade Level: | Middle School |
| Read Inside: | Read a sample chapter: Metrics and Measurement |
Our reviewers—top-flight teachers and other outstanding science educators—have determined that this resource is among the best available supplements for science teaching.
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Description
Like your own personal survival guide, Help! I’m Teaching Middle School Science is a nontechnical how-to manual—especially for first-year teachers. But even veteran teachers can benefit from the plentiful ideas, examples, and tips on teaching science the way middle-schoolers learn best.
The book covers all the basics: what to do on the first day of school (including icebreaker activities), preparing safe and effective lab lessons, managing the classroom, and working with in-school teams as well as parents. But its practical—and encouraging—approach doesn’t mean it shortchanges the basics of effective pedagogy. You’ll learn how to handle cooperative learning and assessment, how to help students write effectively, and the importance of modeling for early adolescents.
Applicable National Science Education Standards and helpful resources and references are provided throughout the text. In addition to a wealth of reproducible field trip permission forms, lab report formats, and measurement and safety quizzes, you get low-cost recipes for salt crystals, culture medium, fun putty, and the ever-popular “oobleck.” Help! is just the lively resource you need to see you through your first months—and beyond!
Additional Info
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Science Discipline:
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Analyzing data
Asking questions
Collecting data
Experimenting
Measuring
Modeling
Scientific habits of mind
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| Intended User Role: | Middle-Level Educator, New Teacher, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Achievement, Assessment of students, Classroom management, Community involvement, Curriculum, Inclusion, Informal education, Inquiry learning, Learning theory, Professional development, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies |
Contents
• About the Authors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Why Did We Write This Book?
• Chapter 2: The First Day
• Chapter 3: Best Practices
• Chapter 4: Lab Set-Up and Safety
• Chapter 5: Cooperative Learning and Assessment
• Chapter 6: Writing for Science
• Chapter 7: Adapting Labs and Troubleshooting
• Chapter 8: Modeling and Demonstrations
• Chapter 9: Metrics and Measurement
• Chapter 10: Classroom Management
• Chapter 11: Using Your Community Resources
• Chapter 12: Teaming
• Chapter 13: Substitute Teachers
• Chapter 14: The End?
• Appendix A: Tests and Forms
• Appendix B: Recipes
• Appendix C: Resources
• Index
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National Standards Correlation
This resource has 11 correlations with the National Standards.
[HIDE CORRELATIONS]
- Science as Inquiry
- Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in the environment. (K-4)
- Employ simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses. (K-4)
- Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
- Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
- Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.
- Understandings about scientific inquiry
- Types of investigations include describing objects, events, and organisms; classifying them; and doing a fair test (experimenting).
- Teaching Standards
- Teachers of science plan an inquiry-based science program for their students.
- Select science content and adapt and design curricula to meet the interests, knowledge, understanding, abilities, and experiences of students.
- Select teaching and assessment strategies that support the development of student understanding and nurture a community of science learners.
- Teachers of science engage in ongoing assessment of their teaching and of student learning.
- Use multiple methods and systematically gather data about student understanding and ability.
- Teachers provide students with the time, space, and resources needed to learn science.
- Create a setting for student work that is flexible and supportive of science inquiry.
- Make the available science tools, materials, media, and technological resources accessible to students.
Customer Reviews
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Good Resource for Middle School Teachers |
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Reviewed by: Kathy (Franklin, WI) on July 17, 2008 |
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This is a good resource for a first time teacher to review before walking into the classroom for the first time and also for the teacher that has a few years under his/her belt. It offers practical advice for setting up the classroom and the lab and for establishing routines for successful classroom management. The book also includes a number of helpful handouts such as a letter to send to parents prior to the first day of class, lab safety rules, and sample rubrics, etc. as wells as a list of helpful web sites. Wish I'd seen this BEFORE my first few years, but glad I found it now as a helpful supplement! |
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Book for student teachers |
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Reviewed by: Paulette (Glen Ridge, NJ) on July 15, 2008 |
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I thought this book was something you would use if you were a student teacher or coming into teaching without having been in a classroom. |
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Switching to Science |
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Reviewed by: Cynthia (Norwell, MA) on July 15, 2008 |
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I am making a switch from teaching math to teaching science. This a great book for someone who is starting out teaching science. I liked chapter 2 on "ice breakers"...very similar to teaching math. I also enjoyed the chapters on classroom management, lab safety and writing in science. Some of the other chapters I had learned while getting my masters, but was a good review. |
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Help! I'm Teaching Middle School Science |
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Reviewed by: Christine (Mesa, AZ) on November 4, 2007 |
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After coming out of elementary teaching and entering junior high teaching, I was looking for resources that would help me with the transition. This textbook has been a tremendous resource and one that I use on a weekly basis. I have recommended this book to several of my colleagues who have also made the transition to junior high. There is just a wealth of ideas from subjects to classroom management--all very relevant! |
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