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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
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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
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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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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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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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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…
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Electricity and Magnetism: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It
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Shocked by static? Mixed up about magnets? Curious about currents? This book will help you get beyond memorizing electricity-related formulas, rules, and procedures so you can understand the topic at a deep level—deep…
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Learning Science and the Science of Learning: Science Educators' Essay Collection
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Sure, you teach science. But do your students really learn it? Students of all ages will absorb more if you adapt the way you teach to the way they learn. That's the message of this thoughtful collection of 12 essays by…
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Project Earth Science: Astronomy, Revised 2nd Edition
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How well can your students … • Illustrate the reason for Earth’s seasons? • Explain how far a light year is? • Simulate the phases of the Moon? • Describe the effects of greenhouse gases? •…
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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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Project Earth Science: Geology, Revised 2nd Edition
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How well can your students … • Explain the distribution of earthquakes? • Model volcanic eruptions? • Demonstrate plate motions and interactions? • Describe seafloor changes? • Think in…
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This book unfolds as a series of observations about light, including where it comes from, how it bounces off of people and objects, and what we mean when we say the colors of a rainbow are the colors in light.…
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