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Teaching Science in the Two-Year College: An NSTA Press Journals Collection (e-book)
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Two-year colleges are critical to science education’s future—in fact, some data indicate that half of future science teachers will take their first years of science at a two-year school. To address the unique challenges…
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Teaching Science to English Language Learners: Building on Students’ Strengths (e-book)
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Can a student’s cultural background support learning in science? Or is concentrating on the specialized vocabulary of science the best way to help English language learners learn science? This book addresses these and…
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Teaching Teachers: Bringing First-Rate Science to the Elementary Classroom (e-book)
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Preservice and novice teachers feeling jittery will find this book full of workable strategies for helping students experience the wonders of science. Classroom veterans will discover new ideas, and science educators…
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Teaching Tips: Innovations in Undergraduate Science Instruction (e-book)
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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…
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Team Teaching Science: Success for All Learners (e-book)
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In Team Teaching Science, Ed Linz, Mary Jane Heater, and Lori A. Howard demonstrate the truth in the old adage “Two heads are better than one.” This guide for developing successful team-teaching partnerships that…
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Technology in the Secondary Science Classroom (e-book)
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If you’re waiting to be convinced that computers offer more than pricey bells and whistles in the classroom, this is the book that will open your mind to technology’s potential. But even if you’re an early (and avid)…
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Ten-Minute Field Trips (e-book)
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You don't have to go far to get science out of the classroom. An NSTA best-seller, this book is ideal for teachers in all school environments--urban, suburban, or rural. Renowned educator Helen Ross Russell describes…
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The Biology Teacher's Handbook, 4th Edition (e-book)
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Biology teachers, you’re in luck—BSCS (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study) presents a wealth of current information in this new, updated edition of the classic The Biology Teacher’s Handbook. No matter the…
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Using Comics in the Science Classroom: A Pedagogical Tool
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Comic strips found in newspapers and magazines can be used to assess both student and teacher understanding of science concepts. They can also be used to get students’ attention, introduce a new topic, and stimulate…
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Students work with various types of packing peanuts to investigate states of matter and chemical and physical changes. One of the activities involves making slime. The activities can easily be modified for students with…
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Scope on Safety: Black lights—Don’t be in the dark
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Some middle school science teachers take advantage of black light technology phenomena and fluorescent materials in classroom demonstrations and laboratory investigations. Should they be concerned about students working…
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Thinking Outside the Block: An innovative alternative to 4x4 block scheduling
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Block scheduling is a schedule composed of four 90-minute class periods in a day. This article focuses on the experiences of a high school's adoption of block scheduling but rethinking the block to a 4x1 block schedule—…
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Using Powers of 10 to Help Students Develop Temporal Benchmarks
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One of the greatest challenges for middle school Earth science teachers is helping our students get a feel for the magnitude of the long spans that make up Earth’s history. The intent of the strategy presented here is…
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Perspectives: The Art (and Science) of Asking Questions
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Questions serve as formative assessments that provide information to teachers about student learning in relation to curricular goals. In addition to helping students build science concepts, teacher questions can help…
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Methods and Strategies: Science First
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Lesson chronology is key when combining science and literacy. For teachers involved in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Science Teacher Enhancement Program Unifying the Pikes Peak Region, STEP-uP professional development…
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