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Learning to Read the Earth and Sky: Explorations Supporting the NGSS, Grades 6–12 (Book Sample)
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Is it time to refresh the way you think about teaching Earth science? Learning to Read the Earth and Sky is the multifaceted resource you need to bring authentic science—and enthusiasm—into your classroom. It offers…
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Big Data, Small Devices: Investigating the Natural World Using Real-Time Data (Book Sample)
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Now your students can transform their mobile phones and tablets into tools for learning about everything from weather to water quality. Big Data, Small Devices shows you how. This book is designed for Earth and…
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The Power of Investigating: Guiding Authentic Assessments (Book sample chapter)
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Children want to explore, dig, build, play, and wonder. To do this they need to touch, feel, see, observe, listen, manipulate, plan, and create. How does a teacher build and maintain a learning environment that will…
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When The Sun Goes Dark (Book Sample)
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This richly illustrated book is a fun way to help young astronomers understand all the excitement during a solar eclipse. The book tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living…
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Dive In! Immersion in Science Practices for High School Students (Book Sample)
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What is it really like to plunge into the world of science learning and teaching? Find out in this unique book. Dive In! grew out of a teacher–scientist project at the University of New Hampshire that promoted active…
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Perspectives on Science Education: A Leadership Seminar (Book Sample)
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This book delivers what the title promises: perspectives on leadership and science education, presented in the form of a simulating seminar. Authors Rodger Bybee and Stephen Pruitt are two of science educator's most…
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Creating a STEM Culture for Teaching and Learning (Book Sample)
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This is the book that will flip the way you think about STEM from “not me” to “I’m in!” Author Jeff Weld is the director of the acclaimed Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council. He sees STEM as “a white-hot,…
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Transportation in the Future, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (Book sample chapter)
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What if you could challenge your third graders to design the train of the future? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Transportation in the Future outlines a journey that will…
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Building the Science Department: Stories of Success (Book Sample)
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How can your science department become a site for developing science teachers’ professional learning? Building the Science Department answers that question through stories from teachers who walk the sometimes rocky path…
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Would you like to challenge your middle school students to explain a range of phenomena—from how nylon thread can form from two clear, colorless liquids to how a snake that eats only eggs can make body structures such…
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Amusement Park of the Future, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School (Book Sample)
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What if you could challenge your sixth graders to design an amusement park for children of tomorrow to safely enjoy? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Amusement Park of the…
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Harnessing Solar Energy, Grade 4: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (Book Sample)
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What if you could challenge your fourth graders to use solar energy to provide the world with clean water? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Harnessing Solar Energy outlines a…
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Construction Materials, Grade 11: STEM Road Map for High School (Book Sample)
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What if you could challenge your 11th graders to gain an understanding of the feats of engineering required to build high-rise buildings—and maybe even improve them? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum…
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Adventures With Arthropods: Eco-Friendly Lessons for Middle School (book sample)
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New in 2017! If you’ve ever wished you could teach with tarantulas—or roly polys, or Madagascar hissing cockroaches—this is the resource for you. It tells how to help middle schoolers get up close and personal with…
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Wind Energy, Grade 5: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (Book Sample)
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New in 2017 What if you could challenge your fifth graders to develop an economical, eco-friendly wind farm? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Wind Energy outlines a journey…
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