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Idea Bank: Exploring the History of Science With Movies

Journal Article

Idea Bank: Exploring the History of Science With Movies

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This month’s Idea Bank describes resources that can help teachers integrate the stories of scientists' lives into core content....

Career of the Month: Science and Technology Librarian

Journal Article

Career of the Month: Science and Technology Librarian

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Louise Deis's career path to becoming a science and technology librarian....

Safer Science: Safety in the Field

Journal Article

Safer Science: Safety in the Field

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses field trip safety....

High School General Science Lesson Plans Safety

Lab 12. Explanations for Animal Behavior: Why Do Great White Sharks Travel Over Long Distances?

Book Chapter

Lab 12. Explanations for Animal Behavior: Why Do Great White Sharks Travel Over Long Distances?

Shark populations worldwide are declining in areas where they were once common. As a result, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has classified many species of shark as threatened with extinction. One species of shark that is c...

Electric and Magnetic Forces

Interactive E-book

Electric and Magnetic Forces

The Electric and Magnetic Forces Interactive E-book* uses everyday events and items, like lightning, flashlights, batteries, compasses, and maglev trains, to examine electricity and magnetism. It provides detailed explanations of key science concepts...

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Energy

Interactive E-book

Energy

Most of what goes on in the universe—from exploding stars and biological growth to the operation of machines and the motion of people—involves energy being transformed from one form into other forms....

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Teaching Energy Across the Sciences, K-12 (e-book)

eBook

Teaching Energy Across the Sciences, K-12 (e-book)

It’s a simple fact: Students will learn about energy more effectively if teachers present it consistently in all grades and across all scientific disciplines. This book gives you the strategies and tools you need to help your students understand en...

Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More (e-book)

eBook

Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More (e-book)

This is just the resource you need to get middle schoolers ready for August 21, 2017—the day when millions of North Americans will have the rare chance to witness a total solar eclipse. But the book’s usefulness won’t end when the eclipse does!...

Coral Reef Ecosystems

Interactive E-book

Coral Reef Ecosystems

The Coral Reef Ecosystems Interactive E-book* explores the structure and inhabitants of a living reef. From the anatomy and reproduction of corals, to their interdependence on other inhabitants of the reef, to the impact of disasters on a reef ecosys...

Postsecondary Biology Environmental Science Life Science Technology 5E Assessment Instructional Materials Inquiry Teaching Strategies Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

Cell Structure and Function

Interactive E-book

Cell Structure and Function

The Cell Structure and Function Interactive E-book* explores how cells, the basic building blocks of all organisms, function as systems of organelles and associated structures in a dynamic equilibrium between their internal and external environments....

Postsecondary Biology Life Science Technology 5E Assessment Instructional Materials Inquiry Teaching Strategies Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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