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Interpreting Assessment Data: Statistical Techniques You Can Use
NSTA Press Book |
Are you properly evaluating the results of the tests you give to students? Can you explain the difference between classroom assessment and standardized assessment? Are you on solid ground with your grading system?…
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Reforming Secondary Science Instruction
NSTA Press Book |
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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Safety in the Elementary Science Classroom (flipchart)
NSTA Press Book |
It’s a safety resource your classroom should not be without! As attractive as a poster and as convenient to use as a calendar, the completely updated Safety in the Elementary Classroom flipchart is a quick-read resource…
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Teaching Science in the Two-Year College: An NSTA Press Journals Collection
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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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NSTA Guide to Planning School Science Facilities, Second Edition
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Science-learning spaces are different from general-purpose classrooms. So if your school is planning to build or renovate, you need the fully updated NSTA Guide to Planning School Science Facilities. It’s the definitive…
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Even More Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events
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• How can water and a penny demonstrate the power of mathematics and molecular theory? • Do spelling and punctuation really matter to the human brain? The third of Thomas O’Brien’s books designed for 5–12…
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Tried and True: Time-Tested Activities for Middle School
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A compilation of popular “Tried and True” columns originally published in the award-winning journal Science Scope, this new book is filled with teachers’ best classroom activities—time-tested, tweaked, and engaging.…
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Extreme Science: From Nano to Galactic
NSTA Press Book |
Whether we are imagining microbes or mammoths, dinosaurs or diatoms, molecules or stars, people of all ages are fascinated with the very large and the very small. New technologies have enabled scientists to investigate…
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More Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events
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• What can a chocolate chip cookie tell us about the Earth’s resources and the importance of environmental conservation? • How can a clear, colorless spray solution unveil a hidden message on a blank sign?…
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Science Stories: Using Case Studies to Teach Critical Thinking
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Stories give life and substance to scientific methods and provide an inside look at scientists in action. Case studies deepen scientific understanding, sharpen critical-thinking skills, and help students see how science…
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All in a Day's Work, 2nd Edition: Careers Using Science
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“Almost all careers in the 21st century require a working knowledge of science and mathematics,” says Steve Metz, The Science Teacher field editor, in his introduction to All in a Day’s Work, 2nd edition. “The pending…
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Predict, Observe, Explain: Activities Enhancing Scientific Understanding
NSTA Press Book |
John Haysom and Michael Bowen provide middle and high school science teachers with more than 100 student activities to help the students develop their understanding of scientific concepts. The powerful Predict, Observe…
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Earth Science Puzzles: Making Meaning From Data
NSTA Press Book |
Teachers of Earth and environmental sciences in grades 8–12 will welcome this activity book centered on six “data puzzles” that foster critical-thinking skills in students and support science and math standards.…
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More Chemistry Basics: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It
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Overwhelmed by orbitals? Terrified of thermodynamics? Agitated by acids and bases? Have no fear! This follow-up to the award-winning Chemistry Basics will clear up your chemistry woes. In More Chemistry…
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Team Teaching Science: Success for All Learners
NSTA Press Book |
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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