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Exemplary Science in Grades 5-8: Standards-Based Success Stories

Do the Standards really matter in middle school? Nine years after the National Science Education Standards’ release, just how well do science teache...

Middle School Elementary Assessment Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials New Science Teachers Professional Learning old Research Science and Engineering Practices 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 evolutio...

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 he...

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

Why is left right and right left in the mirror? Baffled by the basics of reflection and refraction? Wondering just how the eye works? If you have trou...

By William C. Robertson, Ph.D.

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School General Science Physical Science Physics Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Science and Engineering Practices New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation

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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 c...

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

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

Confounded by kinetic energy? Suspect that teaching about simple machines isn’t really so simple? Exasperated by electricity? If you fear the study...

By William C. Robertson, Ph.D.

Elementary High School Middle School Physical Science Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans NGSS Science and Engineering Practices New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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Force and Motion: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It

Intimidated by inertia? Frightened by forces? Mystified by Newton’s laws of motion? You’re not alone—and help is at hand. The Stop Faking It! Se...

By William C. Robertson, Ph.D.

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Physical Science Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Science and Engineering Practices New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation