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Newton's Second One

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Newton's Second One

If you understood the first two chapters, you now know how to describe motion (using velocity and accelerations) and you know what causes changes in motion (net forces do it). Remember that net force refers to what you get when you consider the tota...

High School Middle School Physical Science

Under Pressure

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Under Pressure

The contents of this chapter deal with air pressure and water pressure and what causes those things to increase and decrease. In addition, the real-world results of those increases and decreases in air and water pressure will be addressed....

Elementary High School Middle School Earth & Space Science General Science Physical Science Preservice Science Education Safety

NSTA Press Book

Exemplary Science in Grades 9-12: Standards-Based Success Stories

In this collection of 15 essays, educators describe successful programs they’ve developed to fulfill the National Science Education Standards’ vision for the reform of teaching, assessment, professional development, and content at the high school...

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NSTA Press Book

Teaching With Purpose: Closing the Research - Practice Gap

The best science teachers don’t just get up in front of the class and start talking. They draw from a plan… a rationale… a purpose. This book helps you create and implement a detailed, research-based teaching rationale that works even with stud...

By John E. Penick, Robin Lee Harris

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Aristotle and His Teacher

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Aristotle and His Teacher

Aristotle took the ideas of those who had come before him and melded them into a grand theory that attempted to explain and classify everything know. It was an enormous accomplishment, and it set a base for science that is still with us today. ...

Elementary High School Middle School Interdisciplinary

Life Science

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Life Science

For decades, many of the nation’s life science classrooms have been anything but lively. Biology has been criticized for being content heavy, overloaded with vocabulary, and tested by rote. Six to seven hundred pages of text, presented to teenagers...

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Crossing Borders in Literacy and Science Instruction: Perspectives on Theory and Practice

NSTA Press Book

Crossing Borders in Literacy and Science Instruction: Perspectives on Theory and Practice

Although there is little argument that an important connection exists between literacy and science, much is not known about how literacy-science learning takes place. How does knowledge in one area affect learning in the other? How can teachers provi...

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NSTA Press Book

Clones, Cats, and Chemicals: Thinking Scientifically About Controversial Issues

Does human cloning present a threat or an opportunity? Do common cats constitute a major threat to wildlife? Will the development of new chemical and biological weapons deter war or lead to it? If you want students to think—really think—about the...

By Irwin Slesnick

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NSTA Press Book

Evolution in Perspective: The Science Teacher's Compendium

If ever a subject could benefit from a strong dose of perspective, it’s evolution. This important new book supplies the necessary insights by bringing together the views of leading scientists, professors, and teachers. Working from the premise that...

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