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Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes (e-book)
Author Page Keeley continues to provide K–12 teachers with her highly usable and popular formula for uncovering and addressing the preconceptions that students bring to the classroom—the formative assessment probe—in this first book devoted exc...
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Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion (e-book)
Never has it been so easy for educators to learn to teach physical science with confidence. Award-winning author Bill Robertson launched his bestselling Stop Faking It! series in 2002 with Force and Motion—offering elementary and middle school te...
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Gourmet Lab: The Scientific Principles Behind Your Favorite Foods (e-book)
Hands-on, inquiry-based, and relevant to every student’s life, Gourmet Lab serves up a full menu of activities for science teachers of grades 6–12. This collection of 15 hands-on experiments—each of which includes a full set of both student and...
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Yet More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching (e-book)
In the fourth book of this award-winning series, author Richard Konicek-Moran explores 15 new mysteries children and adults encounter in their daily lives. Relating the mysteries to experiences familiar to elementary and middle school students—Part...
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Welcome to Nanoscience: Interdisciplinary Environmental Explorations, Grades 9–12 (e-book)
In a society where technology plays an ever-increasing role, students’ ability to understand the underlying science and make smart social and environmental decisions based on that knowledge is crucial. Welcome to Nanoscience helps biology, chemistr...
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Hard-to-Teach Science Concepts: A Framework to Support Learners, Grades 3–5 (e-book)
Authors Susan Koba and Carol Mitchell introduce teachers of grades 3–5 to their conceptual framework for successful instruction of hard-to-teach science concepts. Their methodology comprises four steps: (1) engage students about their preconception...
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Project Earth Science: Astronomy, Revised 2nd Edition (e-book)
How well can your students … • Illustrate the reason for Earth’s seasons? • Explain how far a light year is? • Simulate the phases of the Moon? • Describe the effects of greenhouse gases? • Connect astronomy to other Earth sys...
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Project Earth Science: Geology, Revised 2nd Edition (e-book)
How well can your students … • Explain the distribution of earthquakes? • Model volcanic eruptions? • Demonstrate plate motions and interactions? • Describe seafloor changes? • Think in terms of geologic time? ...