Field-tested science fair ideas that make students responsible for their own learning… middle school experiments using Rocket Launchers, Sound Pipes, Drinking Birds, and Dropper Poppers… a kid-magnet formula that will get your students engrossed in science while they improve their reading skills… 12 steps that help new teachers hone their classroom skills… expert guidance on using the NGSS to plan instructional units… these are just a few of the winning ideas that earned 14 NSTA Press titles a place on AAAS’s Science Books & Films Best Books of 2014 list.

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Elementary-level books included on the list are:

• Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry K–5
• Science for the Next Generation: Preparing for the New Standards.

Middle and high school books honored include:

• The Basics of Data Literacy: Helping Your Students (and You!) Make Sense of Data
• Scientific Argumentation in Biology: 30 Classroom Activities
• Science by Design: Construct a Boat, Catapult, Glove, and Greenhouse
• the complete Science Fair Warm-Up Series
• Using Physical Science Gadgets & Gizmos, Grades 6–8: Phenomenon-Based Learning.

K–12 titles on the Best of 2014 list are:

• The Case for STEM Education: Challenges and Opportunities
• Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS: A Professional Development Facilitator’s Guide
• The New Science Teacher’s Handbook: What You Didn’t Learn From Student Teaching
• The NSTA Reader’s Guide to the Next Generation Science Standards

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