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Online Extras: Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K–12
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Online Extras: Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K–12 If you have purchased Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, you can view the accompanying full-color images and additional materials online. These resources are for your personal use only and are not to be redistributed. To view…
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Once Upon a Life Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers
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Reading skills and life science come together in this engaging new book for middle school teachers. Once Upon a Life Science Book makes it easy for teachers to improve their students’ reading abilities and teach science…
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Visual Literacy in Life Science: Insect Metamorphosis
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The authors invite you to come with them on a learning journey. Chapters 6, 7, and 8 are designed to help you practice your visual literacy teaching strategies. Even though each of these chapters follows the same format…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
Winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award from Association of Educational Publishers! Author Page Keeley continues to provide K–12 teachers with her highly usable and popular formula for uncovering and…
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Differentiation in the Life Science Classroom Using Station Rotations
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Engineering in the Life Sciences, 9–12 (Book Sample)
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When the authors of this book took part in Project INFUSE, the National Science Foundation–funded teacher development program, they noticed something. Life science teachers were highly receptive to engineering ideas…
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Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences for Laboratory Learning in the Life Sciences
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Laboratory learning in the life sciences is historically centered around following recipe-like instructions to complete activities with defined outcomes. The American Association for the Advancement of Science’s…
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Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K–12 (Book Sample)
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Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K–12 offers a great new way to ignite your creativity. Authors Tom McConnell, Joyce Parker, and Janet Eberhardt show you how to engage students with scenarios that…
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Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo Academy: Where Science Education Comes to Life!
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Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo has become a leader in both informal and formal science education. Its Zoo Academy is one example of an effective nontraditional teaching model for science education. The academy has become an…
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Third-grade students display their understanding of life science concepts by creating an imaginative newspaper. This creative writing project engages students in researching, writing, and editing a newspaper based on a…
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Integrating Engineering Design in Undergraduate Biology Using a Life Science Design Task
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This study examines the initial integration of engineering design in an introductory preservice elementary biology content course using a life science design task focused on composting. The task, informed by a three-…
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What do we learn from the world around us? After months of exploring various ecosystems, a third grade teacher incorporates "Nature's Advice Book", a writing tool created to assess what her students had learned and to…
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Incorporating service learning components into biology education.