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Teaching Through Trade Books: Habitable Homes
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This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue focuses on the diversity of different animal habitats and the adaptations of the organisms within them.
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Teaching through Trade Books: The Dirt on Soil
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Have you ever played in the dirt? Repotted a plant? Planted a garden? In each and every one of these activities, you touched something that is a valuable resource in our lives—dirt! This month’s column has students…
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Inquiry: The Key to Exemplary Science (e-book)
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Science teachers aiming to foster inquiry in their classrooms will find the sixth title in the Exemplary Science monograph series, Inquiry: The Key to Exemplary Science full of helpful advice and new techniques. …
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Differences and Diversity
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Diversity is not an unusual topic in classrooms studying biology. From the wondrous variety of animals and plants in the rain forest to the microcosm present in soil, most teachers have taught diversity through one…
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Teaching Through Trade Books: Flower Power
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Summer is here and flowers are in bloom! Each flowering plant produces a unique bloom that provides opportunities for students to make observations about plants. By comparing and contrasting flowers, students can…
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My School Yard Garden (e-book)
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This colorful book takes students on a ramble through a school yard garden—past the seeding beds, along the compost bin, and over to the bird house and bird bath. Along the way, children learn what insects, animals, and…
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Readings in Science Methods, K–8 (e-book)
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If you’re teaching an introductory science education course in a college or university, Readings in Science Methods, K–8, with its blend of theory, research, and examples of best practices, can serve as your only text,…
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Reforming Secondary Science Instruction (e-book)
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Science education reform can seem a daunting task to high school science teachers. So, you might ask, why should I be bothered? The answer is that today’s students simply do not have the skill sets necessary for life in…
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Science as Inquiry in the Secondary Setting (e-book)
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It can be a tough thing to admit: Despite hearing so much about the importance of inquiry-based science education, you may not be exactly sure what it is—not to mention how to do it. But now this engaging new book takes…
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Taking Charge: An Introduction to Electricity (e-book)
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Spark your students’ interest in electricity. Taking Charge is designed to help teachers bring the intimidating subject of electricity to students in the middle grades. These teacher-tested, hands-on activities use…
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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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Teaching Through Trade Books: Snowflake Science
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This month's featured trade book, Snowflake Bentley, introduces students to a self-made scientist who spent his life taking pictures of snowflakes. Background information and snow activities for different age groups are…
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The Creation Controversy and The Science Classroom (e-book)
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Organized into three practical parts, The Creation Controversy provides teachers with insights into modern science and the Book of Genesis, effective strategies for teaching evolution and other controversial topics, and…
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The Life Cycle of Everyday Stuff (e-book)
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Your students need to understand that stuff doesn’t just happen—it has a life cycle. Using common products like the telephone, this lively book helps students learn about the flow of energy and matter through Earth’s…
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