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Classroom Management and Safety
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Welcome to the challenge of making good science come to life in your classroom. In this chapter, we look at how to get the science classroom ready for inquiry-based lessons and how to prepare students for engaging,…
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Making a Case for a Research-Based Teaching Rationale
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This chapter demonstrates the importance of developing a detailed plan or rationale for teaching science that will help you achieve improved results in the classroom. Although every teacher's plan or rationale will be…
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Elements of a Research–Based Rationale
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In Chapter 1, the 10 key aspects that most plans embrace were mentioned. This chapter looks more closely at how to address these 10 key aspects. This includes setting goals for students and defining the roles of…
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Developing a Research–Based Rationale
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Developing a research-based rationale requires formulating a way of thinking about teaching. Rather than a casual, weekend effort, the creation of a complete rationale is a long-term enterprise that may last for years…
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Implementing Your Rationale and Becoming a Mentor
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In this chapter, the authors discuss how you can implement your rationale in the classroom and use it to become a mentor to others. As you develop and implement research-based rationale for teaching, you will find…
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A Bright Idea: Reinforcing Logico-Deductive Reasoning
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Many students in freshman- and sophomore-level science courses have little experience formulating testable hypotheses. However, an accurate comprehension of the scientific method is critical for understanding…
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Close Encounters of the Symbiotic Kind
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Learners explore how some organisms interact with other organisms through symbiotic relationships by observing “mystery objects” (plant galls) collected from the local ecosystem. For more information on how to…
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By taking part in a simulation, learners explore the many threats to sea turtles and the ways humans can help them survive. Learns identify which dangers result from human actions and which dangers are natural. Learners…
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Learners explore how sound is produced by vibrations. They make a straw instrument and investigate how to vary its pitch. Learns also design and build an instrument that produces a high pitch and a low pitch and explain…
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Brainstorms: From Idea to Invention
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Learners explore the design process by improving an existing invention; designing and building a drink holder for an airplane seat and communicating their design process; and designing an investigation to evaluate…
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Earth Hounds: Dr. Xargle's Book of Earth Hounds and Seven Blind Mice
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Learners develop understandings of the differences between observations and inferences by analyzing Dr. Xargle's comical, yet misguided, attempts to teach his students about human babies. Learners then make observations…
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Learners explore the importance of rice as a food source, the differences among types of rice, the life cycle of rice, and rice production methods. Learners also explore control, variables, and experimental design by…
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Learners explore the invention process by learning about inventions throughout history and how inventions fill needs or wants, by improving existing inventions, and by keeping a toy invention journal. They further their…
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Successful learning is more apt to occur when students are engaged in discovering and building their own frameworks of knowledge. To meet this standard, teachers must design work that actively involves students in…
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This book is a compilation of brief descriptions of innovative and effective ideas, tips, and approaches in undergraduate science teaching. Assessment must be aligned with learning goals and successful learning is…
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