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Decay and Renewal (Teacher Edition—Includes Full Student Edition)
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Are you looking for a new way to teach about respiration, nutrient cycling, energy flow, producers, consumers, and decomposers? Decay and Renewal provides techniques for students to learn the basics while…
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Science for the Next Generation: Preparing for the New Standards
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“The old models of teaching as simply telling, and learning as passive sit-and-get listening, will not meet the needs of tomorrow’s citizens.” —Thomas O’Brien in the Overview to Science for the Next Generation…
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Including Students With Disabilities in Advanced Science Classes
NSTA Press Book |
Are you an experienced science teacher who needs a foundation in special education basics when students with disabilities are placed in your advanced classes? Then this book is the resource for you. Both practical and…
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The Case for STEM Education: Challenges and Opportunities
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If you’re an education leader concerned with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiatives, this book will help you both understand and implement STEM action plans. The book starts by putting STEM…
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Diagnosis for Classroom Success, Teacher Edition: Making Anatomy and Physiology Come Alive
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“When I entered the teaching profession, I was stunned by the lack of interest my high school students had in science education. The traditional model of teaching science, often referred to as ‘chalk-and-talk’ with the…
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Science Stories You Can Count On: 51 Case Studies With Quantitative Reasoning in Biology
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“Using real stories with quantitative reasoning skills enmeshed in the story line is a powerful and logical way to teach biology and show its relevance to the lives of future citizens, regardless of whether they are…
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Creative Writing in Science: Activities That Inspire
NSTA Press Book |
Do you ever feel like your science classes could use a shot of imagination? Boost the creativity quotient by assigning a travel blog about the digestive system, a packing list for the planets, or an interview with an…
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Bringing STEM to the Elementary Classroom
NSTA Press Book |
Many resources help you encourage young children to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). But only this book of quality STEM experiences was curated by the veteran educator who edits Science and…
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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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STEM Student Research Handbook
NSTA Press Book |
This comprehensive resource for STEM teachers and students, outlines the various stages of large-scale research projects, enabling teachers to coach their students through the research process. This handbook provides…
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The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS, Elementary School
NSTA Press Book |
Since the release of the first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NSTA has been at the forefront in promoting the standards and helping science educators become familiar with and learn to navigate…
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The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS, Middle School
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Since the release of the first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NSTA has been at the forefront in promoting the standards and helping science educators become familiar with and learn to navigate…
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Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More
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Solar Science offers more than three dozen hands-on, inquiry-based activities on many fascinating aspects of solar astronomy. The activities cover the Sun’s motions, space weather caused by the Sun, the measurement of…
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NSTA Press Book |
It’s challenging to teach science well to all students while connecting your lessons to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). This unique book portrays real teaching scenarios written by the teachers on the NGSS…
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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 6–8: Structuring Lessons With the NGSS in Mind
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Instructional Sequence Matters shows how to make simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities to improve student learning. It also makes it easy for you to put the NGSS into practice. After explaining why…