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Online Extras: Problem-Based Learning in the Physical Science Classroom, K–12
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Online Extras: Problem-Based Learning in the Physical Science Classroom, K–12 If you have purchased Problem-Based Learning in the Physical 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…
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Once Upon a Physical Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers
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Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. The authors of this book have been in your shoes. These experienced science teachers know what it’s like to work with students who struggle to…
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This article focuses on the impact of a physics class on secondary science teacher candidates’ views of teaching and learning physics. The course was developed and taught by faculty from the Department of Astronomy and…
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You Want Me to Teach What? Sure-Fire Methods for Teaching Physical Science and Math
NSTA Press Book |
Problem: You feel shaky about being assigned to teach upper-level science and math and need to get up to speed—fast. Solution: Follow this concise book’s tried-and-true methods, which you can integrate into your…
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Visual Literacy in Physical Science: Force and Motion
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Chapters 6, 7, and 8 are practice chapters. Each chapter provides the appropriate content standards for grades K-4 and 5-8 and several partial lessons and each follows the same format but addresses a different content…
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Diversity in the Physical Science Curriculum: The Intellectual Challenge
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In this chapter, the author argues that integrating science with the real and pressing concerns of human beings on this planet is a powerful way to give race, ethnicity, class, and gender a rightful place in our science…
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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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Dimension 3: Disciplinary Core Ideas: Physical Sciences
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This chapter reviews how the physical science section has been organized under the following four core ideas and 13 component ideas. This sample chapter also includes the Table of Contents and Index.
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Falling for Science: Physical Science May Be Simpler Than You Think
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Many students get their first exposure to quantitative physical science in middle school. The National Science Education Standards recommend that students study motions, forces, and transfer of energy during these years…
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NSTA Press Book |
Have you been wanting to learn more about what your students know (or think they know) about major concepts in matter and energy? Have you been wishing for formative assessment tools in both English and Spanish? Then…
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NSTA Press Book |
If you and your students can’t get enough of a good thing, Volume 2 of Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science is just what you need. The book offers 39 new formative assessment probes, this time with a focus on…
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