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NSTA Press Book
Everyday Life Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching
How do tiny bugs get into oatmeal? What makes children look like—or different from—their parents? Where do rotten apples go after they fall off th...
By Richard Konicek-Moran
NSTA Press Book
Everyday Earth and Space Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching
What are the odds that a meteor will hit your house? Do you actually get more sunlight from Daylight Saving Time? Where do puddles go? By presenting e...
By Richard Konicek-Moran
NSTA Press Book
Becoming a Responsive Science Teacher: Focusing on Student Thinking in Secondary Science
“No one would find it strange to see a geologist poring at length over a single rock, or an entomologist over a moth, or botanist over a leaf. Exami...
By Daniel Levin, David Hammer, Andrew Elby, Janet Coffey
NSTA Press Book
Science Fair Warm-Up, Grades 7–10: Learning the Practice of Scientists
To the teacher: Although this book is intended as a guide for your students, NSTA has you covered as well! Science Fair Warm-Up, Teachers Guide: L...
By John Haysom
NSTA Press Book
Science Fair Warm-Up, Grades 8–12: Learning the Practice of Scientists
To the teacher: Although this book is intended as a guide for your students, NSTA has you covered as well! Science Fair Warm-Up, Teachers Guide: L...
By John Haysom
NSTA Press Book
Scientific Argumentation in Biology: 30 Classroom Activities
“Individuals who are proficient in science should be able to understand the language of science and participate in scientific practices, such as inq...
By Victor Sampson, Sharon Schleigh
NSTA Press Book
Science Fair Warm-Up, Teachers Guide: Learning the Practice of Scientists
Even science fair enthusiasts may dread grappling with these two questions: 1. How can you organize many students doing many different projects at th...
By John Haysom
NSTA Press Book
Integrating Engineering and Science in Your Classroom
“I still remember my very first day as a teacher. A few days earlier, my principal had given me advice: ‘Whatever you do, do not start with an ove...
NSTA Press Book
Exemplary Science for Building Interest in STEM Careers
National standards encourage science teachers to help “increase student economic productivity through the use of the knowledge, understandings, and ...
NSTA Press Book
The NSTA Ready-Reference Guide to Safer Science, Volume 2
“Most science teachers and supervisors have anemic preservice preparation on securing and maintaining safer work environments in academic laboratori...
By Kenneth Russell Roy
NSTA Press Book
Rise and Shine: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Science Teacher
Rise and Shine provides a friendly support system that new science teachers can turn to in their first days, months, and even years in the classroom. ...
By Linda Froschauer, Mary L. Bigelow
NSTA Press Book
Teaching Science Through Trade Books
“‘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...
By Christine Anne Royce, Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes
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 sta...
By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider
NSTA Press Book
Front-Page Science: Engaging Teens in Science Literacy
“The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines for mammograms in 2009. What does this mean for someone with a family history of br...
By Angela Kohnen, Alan Newman, Laura Pearce, Wendy Saul