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To Hunt or Not to Hunt

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To Hunt or Not to Hunt

Modern hunting is embroiled in a major controversy. There are approximately 14 million hunters confronting an indeterminate number of animal rights activists who aim to have hunting banned in the United States. The two groups are polarized. This cha...

The First Week

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The First Week

During the first week of class, strive to create an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect. This gives the students a chance to get to know you as a person, and you will also get to know them in the process. A key challenge is to make students feel c...

How to... Write to Learn Science, Second Edition (e-Book)

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How to... Write to Learn Science, Second Edition (e-Book)

Make science an exhilarating process of discovery! Through a wealth of creative write-to-learn strategies, this book offers inspiring techniques to coax out the reluctant scientists in your classroom. Newly updated and expanded, this NSTA best seller...

Investigating Safely: A Guide for High School Teachers (e-Book)

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Investigating Safely: A Guide for High School Teachers (e-Book)

Just as high school science is more complex than it is at lower grade levels, so are the safety issues you face in your classes and labs. Reduce the risks to people and place with Investigating Safely, the third and most advanced and detailed volume ...

Teaching Tips: Innovations in Undergraduate Science Instruction (e-book)

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Teaching Tips: Innovations in Undergraduate Science Instruction (e-book)

Like a spirited idea exchange among experienced professors, Teaching Tips: Innovations in Undergraduate Science Instruction brings you the best thinking from campuses nationwide about how to engage undergraduate science students. Published to commemo...

The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher, Third Edition

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The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher, Third Edition

The First Days of School offers anecdotal notes for new teachers and seasoned veterans on how to successfully facilitate your classroom in the first few days. These strategies will set the stage for the degree of success in your classroom over the c...

Making Connections with Digital Data: Digital camera technology helps students draw connections between their hypotheses, data, and inferences

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Making Connections with Digital Data: Digital camera technology helps students draw connections between their hypotheses, data, and inferences

Digital cameras can provide added value to classroom data collection allowing the students to make visual connections between their hypotheses, data, and inferences. Digital data appears more concrete and "real" to students than traditional observati...

Tech Trek: Probing for Answers

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Tech Trek: Probing for Answers

Recent advances in data-collection technologies have given students access to the same types of probes used by scientists in research labs. Probes allow students to collect data on variables such as pH, acceleration, oxygen, light, and temperature. T...

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

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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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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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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...

Middle School High School Assessment Curriculum Inquiry Instructional Materials Research Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Teaching Tips: Innovations in Undergraduate Science Instruction

Like a spirited idea exchange among experienced professors, Teaching Tips: Innovations in Undergraduate Science Instruction brings you the best thinking from campuses nationwide about how to engage undergraduate science students. Published to commemo...

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Science 101: How Do Microscopes Work?

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Science 101: How Do Microscopes Work?

Microscopes allow scientists to examine everyday objects in extraordinary ways. They provide high-resolution images that show objects in fine detail. This articles includes details on how microscopes work and how they enhance the scientific process...

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