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The Truth About Science: A Curriculum for Developing Young Scientists (e-book)
The truth is: Valid research demands more than beakers and Bunsen burners-- much more. So give kids the lowdown on how real scientists work. This engaging book shows you how to develop students’ creative and critical thinking skills to make qualita...
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Take-Home Physics: 65 High-Impact, Low-Cost Labs (e-Book)
Take-Home Physics is an excellent resource for high school physics teachers who want to devote more classroom time to complex concepts while challenging their students with hands-on homework assignments. This volume presents 65 take-home physics labs...
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Assessing Science Learning: Perspectives From Research and Practice (e-book)
This book contains many essays and multiple examples of meaningful science assessment practices they explore. The collations of essays reflect work with socioeconomically and ethnically diverse populations to better understand the attributes of equit...
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Exemplary Science in Grades 5-8: Standards-Based Success Stories (e-book)
Do the Standards really matter in middle school? Nine years after the National Science Education Standards’ release, just how well do science teachers in grades 5 to 8 actually use them to plan content, define improved teaching, and assess real lea...
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Exemplary Science: Best Practices in Professional Development (e-book)
This collection of 16 essays is ideal for staff development providers (university faculty, district supervisors, lead teachers, and principals) as well as preservice science methods instructors. Each essay describes a specific program designed to tra...
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Issues in Science Education: Professional Development Leadership and the Diverse Learner (e-book)
Make science teaching better for every student. Help learners from different backgrounds—and with different learning styles—by developing new skills, resources, and knowledge. This book discusses the ways in which professional development can hel...
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Issues in Science Education: Professional Development Planning and Design (e-book)
There’s got to be more to professional development than in-service workshops. This thoughtful book paves the way to change. It shows the circumstances under which professional development has the most impact on student learning, reviews programs th...
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Polymer Chemistry: Introduction to an Indispensable Science (e-book)
Here’s an interesting statistic: More than half of all chemists work on some aspect of polymers. For high school teachers who want to introduce polymer science basics, properties, and uses, this book is uniquely helpful—much deeper than simple mo...
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The Creation Controversy and The Science Classroom (e-book)
Organized into three practical parts, The Creation Controversy provides teachers with insights into modern science and the Book of Genesis, effective strategies for teaching evolution and other controversial topics, and the NSTA Position Statement on...
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Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching (e-book)
What causes condensation? Does temperature affect how well a balloon will fly? How do tiny bugs get into oatmeal? Through 15 mystery stories, this book memorably illustrates science concepts for students and reinforces the value of learning science t...
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NSTA Tool Kit for Teaching Evolution (e-book)
Teaching evolution is part of the core biology curriculum, and this new resource provides a teacher-ready summary of the scientific, legal, and ethical talking points for discussion of the topic....
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The Story of Science Classroom Companion: Einstein Adds a New Dimension (e-Book)
The Story of Science Classroom Companion is a boon for teachers who choose master storyteller Joy Hakim’s Einstein Adds a New Dimension as a primary or supplemental physics text. Hakim’s newest title in The Story of Science series brings to life ...
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Teaching Science to English Language Learners: Building on Students’ Strengths (e-book)
Can a student’s cultural background support learning in science? Or is concentrating on the specialized vocabulary of science the best way to help English language learners learn science? This book addresses these and other pressing questions you ...
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Science as Inquiry in the Secondary Setting (e-book)
It can be a tough thing to admit: Despite hearing so much about the importance of inquiry-based science education, you may not be exactly sure what it is—not to mention how to do it. But now this engaging new book takes the intimidation out of inqu...
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Using Forensics: Wildlife Crime Scene! (e-book)
With Forensics: Wildlife Crime Scene!, your students investigate an actual crime, learn the science behind animal-species identification, and find out about efforts to fight real-world threats against wild animals. The book is designed to be e...
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Exemplary Science in Informal Education Settings: Standards-Based Success Stories (e-book)
Just as science education doesn’t stop at the schoolhouse door, neither should effective application of the National Science Education Standards. Exemplary Science in Informal Education Settings shows real-world examples of how science education re...
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A Head Start on Science: Encouraging a Sense of Wonder (e-Book)
For the littlest scientists, the whole wide world can be a laboratory for learning. Nurture their natural curiosity with A Head Start on Science, a treasury of 89 hands-on science activities specifically for children ages 3 to 6. The activities...
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More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 (e-book)
Teachers raved when NSTA Press published Picture-Perfect Science Lessons in 2005.* They loved its lively mix of kid-magnet books, Standards-based science content and ready-to-teach lessons. So what could be more perfect? More Picture-Perfect Scien...
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Chemistry Basics: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach it (e-Book)
Do the words “periodic table” send chills down your spine? Are you anxious about atomic structure? Confounded by chemical equations? Relax! The cure for chemistry confusion is within reach, courtesy of this newly available book in the Stop Faking...
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Nanoscale Science: Activities for Grades 6-12 (e-Book)
Futurists predict that nanotechnology will be the next major scientific revolution—one with an even greater impact than the Industrial Revolution. Nanoscale Science will help your middle and high school students understand the big implications of...