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Misconception About the Work of Scientists (Nature of Science)
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Many people think that the work of scientists is procedural in nature. They think that scientists use the same techniques to collect or analyze data or follow the same routine for all investigations. The purpose of the…
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Experiment Design: Getting Experiments to Work: Repeatability
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This chapter features five investigations from Starting Points presented in Chapter 1 and gives a scenario of “the test of a fair test” for each. If a test is a fair test, it is expected to be repeatable. This is…
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Interdisciplinary Work: Don't Be Afraid of the Good Teachers
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This chapter focuses on how to collaborate with other teachers in your classroom. It provides a guide for identifying teachers to work with, as well as good strategies for building interdisciplinary units with your…
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Working with Teachers in Assessment-Related Professional Development
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Professional development related to everyday classroom interactions can require a shift in the teacher’s priorities in the classroom from a focus on managing activity and behavior to a mind-set of managing learning…
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Lessons That Work: Science Lessons for English Learners
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In this chapter, the authors present formats for science lesson plans that incorporate inquiry and language and science objectives. Teachers from elementary, middle, and secondary levels describe successful lessons and…
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Lively Science: Live Organisms Are Worth the Work
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Middle school is the perfect setting for teaching life science. Observing and studying living organisms are critical to a good, strong program. Preserved specimens, computer simulations, photographs, and videos may be…
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Examining Student Work and Interactions That Reflect the NGSS
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This chapter, by Deb M. Kneser, discusses the collaborative analysis of student work as an effective method of professional development. By engaging in a collaborative review of student work, science educators can…
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Rescuing a Lab That Isn’t Working by Integrating the Science Practices
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This high school lesson for any science discipline has the following learning goals for students: develop a testable hypothesis based on their observations; design and conduct an experiment to test their hypothesis; and…
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NSTA Press Book |
A Joint publication of Corwin and NSTA Press In Learning Science by Doing Science, you get classic activities to teach the key ideas of science--and turn students into scientists. In this straightforward and…
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Identi-Beads and Identi-Badges as Strategies to Encourage STEM Identity Work
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Fourth graders research an ideal location for their garden.
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This article summarizes our research findings, investigating instructional adaptations elementary science teachers make to accommodate a growing population of Karen immigrant students. Hailing from the war-torn country…
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Science for All: Making it work
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Strategies for increasing student engagement
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Although the NGSS has helped teachers conceptualize teaching science in a more integrated way, effectively scaffolding students’ thinking within and across lessons can still be a challenge for any middle school science…
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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Using Team-Based Learning in the Science Classroom
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With an overwhelming amount of research and a demand for collaborative learning in the classroom, teachers are tackling challenges at all educational levels that often accompany the social aspects of group work. Team-…
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