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Reading Nature: Engaging Biology Students With Evidence From the Living World
NSTA Press Book |
By making room for this book in your curriculum, you’ll have a fresh way to motivate your students to look at the living world and ask not only “Why?” but also “How do we know?” Unique in both its structure and approach…
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STEM, Standards, and Strategies for High-Quality Units
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New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. Do you, your school, or your school district want to align your science curriculum with state standards while meeting the growing…
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The Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and Engineering: A Guidebook for Secondary Teachers
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Given the ability of nanoscience and nanotechnology to exploit the unique properties that matter exhibits at the nanoscale, the research resulting from these emerging fields is poised to dramatically affect everyday…
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The New Science Teacher's Handbook: What You Didn't Learn From Student Teaching
NSTA Press 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,…
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The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions
NSTA Press Book |
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. A key aspect of learning in K–12 education is the idea that what students know and are able to do grows and evolves over time. Simple…
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Exemplary Science for Building Interest in STEM Careers
NSTA Press Book |
National standards encourage science teachers to help “increase student economic productivity through the use of the knowledge, understandings, and skills of the scientifically literate person in their careers.”…
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Everyday Earth and Space Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching
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What are the odds that a meteor will hit your house? Do you actually get more sunlight from Daylight Saving Time? Where do puddles go? By presenting everyday mysteries like these, this book will motivate your students…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
Wouldn't it be helpful to know what your students' ideas are about a science concept before launching into a new lesson or unit? Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4, offers 25 more formative assessment probes…
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The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS, High School
NSTA Press Book |
Since the release of the first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NSTA has been at the forefront in promoting the standards and helping science educators become familiar with and learn to navigate…
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The Feedback Loop: Using Formative Assessment Data for Science Teaching and Learning
NSTA Press Book |
What really helps your students learn science: Labs? Group work? Certain types of problems or test questions? Something you never even thought about? Find out with data that go way beyond what standardized test scores…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with this book on astronomy, the latest in NSTA’s popular…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science, Volume 1: 45 New Force and Motion Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
Nationally known science educator Page Keeley—principal author of the hugely popular, four-volume NSTA Press series Uncovering Students Ideas in Science—has teamed up with physicist and science educator Rand Harrington…
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The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS, Elementary School
NSTA Press Book |
Since the release of the first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NSTA has been at the forefront in promoting the standards and helping science educators become familiar with and learn to navigate…
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Using Physical Science Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 6-8: Phenomenon-Based Learning
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What student—or teacher—can resist the chance to experiment with Rocket Launchers, Sound Pipes, Drinking Birds, Dropper Poppers, and more? The 35 experiments in Using Physical Science Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 6–8,…
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The Power of Investigating: Guiding Authentic Assessments
NSTA Press Book |
Children want to explore, dig, build, play, and wonder. To do this they need to touch, feel, see, observe, listen, manipulate, plan, and create. How does a teacher build and maintain a learning environment that will…
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