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“This sourcebook was created because science should be memorable, not memorizable.” — from the Introduction to The Everyday Science Sourcebook, Revised 2nd Edition...
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Teaching Science Through Trade Books (e-book)
“‘What was your favorite book as a child?’ In more than 10 years of facilitating workshops, we have never heard anyone reply, ‘My fourth-grade science textbook.’ Clearly, textbooks have an important place in the science classroom, but usin...
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Everyday Engineering: Putting the E in STEM Teaching and Learning (e-book)
“The idea for Everyday Engineering began with our interest in design and production issues related to the simple ballpoint pen. We were struck by the elegance of the means for retracting the reservoir and transferring the ink to paper …. For some...
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Forensics in Chemistry: The Case of Kirsten K. (e-book)
Forensics seems to have the unique ability to maintain student interest and promote content learning…. I still have students approach me from past years and ask about the forensics case and specific characters from the story. I have never had a stu...
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes (e-book)
What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with this book on astronomy, the latest in NSTA’s popular Uncovering Student Ideas in ...
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Buzz Into Action: The Insect Curriculum Guide for Grades K–4 (e-book)
Calling all aspiring entomologists, apiologists, and lepidopterists—as well as kids who just think bugs, bees, and butterflies are cool! ...
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E-BOOK ONLY EVO Teachers Guide: Ten Questions Everyone Should Ask About Evolution
Draw on the wit and wisdom of brilliant scientists to inspire your students as you teach them about a challenging area of biology. This teacher’s guide, which accompanies the EVO DVD, is structured around 10 fundamental questions about biological e...
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Bringing Outdoor Science In: Thrifty Classroom Lessons (e-book)
When it’s just not possible to take students out to explore the natural world, bring the natural world to the classroom. Clearly organized and easy to use, this helpful guide contains more than 50 science lessons in six units: Greening the School, ...
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Front-Page Science: Engaging Teens in Science Literacy (e-book)
“The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines for mammograms in 2009. What does this mean for someone with a family history of breast cancer? Congress periodically votes on a piece of legislation called the Farm Bill. What does i...
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Take-Home Chemistry: 50 Low-Cost Activities to Extend Classroom Learning (e-book)
For high school science teachers, homeschoolers, science coordinators, and informal science educators, this collection of 50 inquiry-based labs provides hands-on ways for students to learn science at home—safely. Author Michael Horton promises that...
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Fuel for Thought: Building Energy Awareness in Grades 9-12 (e-book)
The concept of energy is central to all the science disciplines, seamlessly connecting science, technology, and mathematics. For high school and upper middle school teachers, this compendium comprises inquiry-based activities, lesson plans, and case ...
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Beyond the Numbers: Making Sense of Statistics (e-book)
Statistics is required coursework within most teacher certification programs. Beyond the Numbers presents a nonthreatening, practical approach to statistics, providing step-by-step instructions for understanding and implementing the essential compone...
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Project Earth Science: Physical Oceanography, Revised 2nd Edition (e-book)
How well can your students— • Explain why ice floats? • Model ocean currents? • Predict tides? • Describe the proper clean-up of an oil spill? ...
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Project Earth Science: Meteorology, Revised 2nd Edition (e-book)
Can your students— • Track a hurricane? • Illustrate the inside of a thunderstorm? • Describe the basics of urban air quality? • Make rain fall on their desks? ...
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Science the “Write” Way (e-book)
Writing skills are high on the list of real-world requirements for all students—including science students. Every scientific discipline needs professionals who can ably communicate in writing. Scientists must be able to describe their proposed stud...
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Learning and Teaching Scientific Inquiry: Research and Applications (e-book)
Science teacher educators, curriculum specialists, professional development facilitators, and K–8 teachers are bound to increase their understanding and confidence when teaching inquiry after a careful reading of this definitive volume. Advancing a...
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Models-Based Science Teaching (e-book)
Humans perceive the world by constructing mental models—telling a story, interpreting a map, reading a book. Every way we interact with the world involves mental models, whether creating new ones or building on existing models with the introduction...
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Winner of the Bronze EXCEL Award from Association Media & Publishing!How do you improve upon perfection? For years, new and experienced elementary school teachers alike have extolled the virtues of Picture-Perfect Science Lessons—the expertly combi...
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes (e-book)
Author Page Keeley continues to provide K–12 teachers with her highly usable and popular formula for uncovering and addressing the preconceptions that students bring to the classroom—the formative assessment probe—in this first book devoted exc...
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Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion (e-book)
Never has it been so easy for educators to learn to teach physical science with confidence. Award-winning author Bill Robertson launched his bestselling Stop Faking It! series in 2002 with Force and Motion—offering elementary and middle school te...