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Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with this book on astronomy, the latest in NSTA’s popular…
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NSTA Press Book |
If you and your students can’t get enough of a good thing, Volume 2 of Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science is just what you need. The book offers 39 new formative assessment probes, this time with a focus on…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 1, Second Edition: 25 Formative Assessment Probes
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This is the new updated edition of the first book in the bestselling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. Like the first edition of volume 1, this book helps pinpoint what your students know (or think they know)…
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Teaching Science Through Trade Books
NSTA Press Book |
“‘What was your favorite book as a child?’ In more than 10 years of facilitating workshops, we have never heard anyone reply, ‘My fourth-grade science textbook.’ Clearly, textbooks have an important place in the…
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The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS, K-12
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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Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom
NSTA Press Book |
New in 2020! “Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom is a critically important contribution toward advancing STEM teaching and learning. It blazes a trail for early elementary classroom…
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Rainwater Analysis, Grade 5: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
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What if you could challenge your fifth graders to design rainwater recycling systems to provide water for a fictional community garden? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! …
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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 3–5: Explore Before Explain
NSTA Press Book |
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 3–5 is a one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine how you teach science in elementary school. The book discusses two popular approaches for structuring your lessons:…
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Chemistry Basics: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach it
NSTA Press Book |
Do the words “periodic table” send chills down your spine? Are you anxious about atomic structure? Confounded by chemical equations? Relax! The cure for chemistry confusion is within reach, courtesy of this newly…
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Construction Materials, Grade 11: STEM Road Map for High School
NSTA Press Book |
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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NSTA Press Book |
REVERE Award Winner, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers! Great news for multitasking middle school teachers: Science educators Terry Shiverdecker and Jessica Fries-Gaither can help you blend…
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Transportation in the Future, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
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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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Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS: A Professional Development Facilitator's Guide
NSTA Press Book |
REVERE Award Finalist, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers! If you’re charged with helping educators achieve the vision of the new science standards, this is the professional development…
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Novel Engineering, K–8: An Integrated Approach to Engineering and Literacy
NSTA Press Book |
Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. With the Novel Engineering approach, “students become excited about what they are reading, writing, designing, and building! This excitement in turn…
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Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events
NSTA Press Book |
• How can a long metal needle pass through a balloon without popping it? • How can water flow at very different rates through two identical funnels? • How can a stick, placed on a table under several sheets…
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