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Perspectives on Science Education: A Leadership Seminar (Book Sample)
This book delivers what the title promises: perspectives on leadership and science education, presented in the form of a simulating seminar. Authors ...
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Dive In! Immersion in Science Practices for High School Students (Book Sample)
What is it really like to plunge into the world of science learning and teaching? Find out in this unique book. Dive In! grew out of a teacher–scien...
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Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K–2: Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM Learning (Book Sample)
"Teachers in our district have been fans of Picture-Perfect Science for years, and it’s made a huge impact on how they fit science into their school...
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When The Sun Goes Dark (Book Sample)
This richly illustrated book is a fun way to help young astronomers understand all the excitement during a solar eclipse. The book tells how two curio...
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The Power of Investigating: Guiding Authentic Assessments (Book sample chapter)
Children want to explore, dig, build, play, and wonder. To do this they need to touch, feel, see, observe, listen, manipulate, plan, and create. How d...
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In this lesson, students help a comic book publisher create the scenery and story lines that include real geologic formations in different locations o...
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In this lesson, students help a comic book publisher develop scenes and images of landforms found below the surface of the ocean. Key words and concep...
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In this lesson, students help a comic book publisher understand the path of a drop of water traveling through the water cycle. Key words and concepts ...
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In this lesson, a girl wonders how volcanic rocks and sedimentary rocks ended up in the same area of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Key words and co...
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Lassen Volcanic National Park has several types of rocks in one location. It is an unusual mix of all three (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic). W...
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Southern California is affected by the San Andreas Fault. The geologic features and rock types along this fault tell of a history very different from ...
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In this lesson, a boy is worried that his new home in Alaska cannot possibly have warm weather in the summer. Key words and concepts covered are seaso...
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In this lesson, two siblings debate whether the water they drink has always been on Earth and has been used by other living things. Key words and conc...
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In this lesson, students in a class are invited to help report the weather on TV and need to learn about air masses and how they help predict the weat...
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In this lesson, students examine scenes from the movie E.T. to see if the phases of the Moon match the time frame of the story. Key words and concepts...