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Winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award from PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers!What ideas do young children bring to their science learning, and how does their thinking change as they engage in “science talk”? Find...
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The New Science Teacher's Handbook: What You Didn't Learn From Student Teaching (e-book)
“One of the first activities I ask new science teachers to do in my methods course is to think of a memorable science activity from their past. Whether it’s creating an exploding vinegar and baking soda volcano, dissecting a frog, or building a m...
NSTA Press Book
The New Science Teacher's Handbook: What You Didn't Learn From Student Teaching
“One of the first activities I ask new science teachers to do in my methods course is to think of a memorable science activity from their past. Whether it’s creating an exploding vinegar and baking soda volcano, dissecting a frog, or building a m...
By Sarah Reeves Young, Mike Roberts
eBook
Citizen Science: 15 Lessons That Bring Biology to Life, 6-12 (e-book)
“Observing the life cycle of monarch butterflies and following their remarkable migratory journeys between Canada, the United States, and Mexico … “Tracking climate change by recording the dates of first leaf, flower, and fruit of local tre...
NSTA Press Book
Winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award from PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers!What ideas do young children bring to their science learning, and how does their thinking change as they engage in “science talk”? Find...
By Page Keeley
Book Chapter
The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s developing ideas about structure in living systems. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that living things are made up of parts. The sample chapter al...
Book Chapter
The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about plants. The probe is designed to find out what characteristics children use to decide if something is a plant....
Book Chapter
The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about needs of living things. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all animals need air to live, including animals that live under water....
Book Chapter
The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about sensory responses. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that plants as well as animals can sense information from their environment and...