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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes

Wouldn't it be helpful to know what your students' ideas are about a science concept before launching into a new lesson or unit? Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4, offers 25 more formative assessment probes to help reveal students' precon...

By Joyce Tugel, Page Keeley

Elementary High School Middle School Earth & Space Science Life Science Physical Science Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation

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Extreme Science: From Nano to Galactic

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 extremes of science previously ...

By M. Gail Jones, Amy R. Taylor, Michael R. Falvo

High School Middle School Technology Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old Research Safety Teacher Preparation

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Assessment in Science: Practical Experiences and Education Research

If you want the latest research about assessment techniques that really work, you want Assessment in Science. This collection of informative, up-to-date reports is by authors who are practicing K-12 classroom teachers and university-based educators a...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum General Science Inclusion Inquiry Instructional Materials New Science Teachers NGSS Preservice Science Education Research Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Virus and the Whale: Exploring Evolution in Creatures Small and Large

With this lively book of activities as their guide, students can follow seven scientists into their labs and out to the field to discover how evolution works. Meanwhile, you’ll benefit from the practical help the book provides with the twin challen...

Middle School Informal Education Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Lesson Plans NGSS Research Science and Engineering Practices Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Teaching With Purpose: Closing the Research - Practice Gap

The best science teachers don’t just get up in front of the class and start talking. They draw from a plan… a rationale… a purpose. This book helps you create and implement a detailed, research-based teaching rationale that works even with stud...

By John E. Penick, Robin Lee Harris

Middle School Elementary High School Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials New Science Teachers NGSS Professional Learning old Research Science and Engineering Practices Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Sound: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It

Muddled about what makes music? Stuck on the study of harmonics? Dumbfounded by how sound gets around? Now you no longer have to struggle to teach concepts you really don’t grasp yourself. Sound takes an intentionally light touch to help out all...

By William C. Robertson, Ph.D.

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Physical Science Physics Technology Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry Science and Engineering Practices New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Research Teacher Preparation