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Go-Cart Test Run

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Go-Cart Test Run

The purpose of this probe is to examine how students interpret a graphical representation of motion. The probe is designed to reveal whether students interpret a motion graph pictorially or mathematically....

Elementary High School Middle School Physical Science 5E Science and Engineering Practices

Roller Coasters ClassPack

Class Pack

Roller Coasters ClassPack

*LAST CHANCE! This product is not eligible for return or exchange. All sales are final.* Using More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each...

Early Childhood Elementary Physics Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Science and Engineering Practices

Wiggling Worms ClassPack: Grades K-5

Class Pack

Wiggling Worms ClassPack: Grades K-5

Using More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class of 28 students, are lesson-specific collections of materials—an unma...

Elementary Informal Education Pre-service Teachers Preschool Earth & Space Science Life Science Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Labs Literacy New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Bubbles ClassPack: Grades K-4

Class Pack

Bubbles ClassPack: Grades K-4

Using More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class of 28 students, are lesson-specific collections of materials—an unma...

Early Childhood Elementary Informal Education Pre-service Teachers Preschool Physical Science STEM Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Labs Literacy New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation Sensemaking

Day and Night ClassPack

Class Pack

Day and Night ClassPack

Using Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class of 28 students, are lesson-specific collections of materials—an unmatched time-saver and a great de...

Elementary Earth & Space Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Teaching Strategies

Sheep in a Jeep ClassPack

Class Pack

Sheep in a Jeep ClassPack

Using Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class of 28 students, are lesson-specific collections of materials—an unmatched time-saver and a great dea...

Elementary Informal Education Middle School Engineering General Science Physical Science STEM Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Labs Literacy New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Rice Is Life ClassPack

Class Pack

Rice Is Life ClassPack

Using Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class of 28 students, are lesson-specific collections of materials—an unmatched time-saver and a great de...

Elementary Informal Education Middle School General Science Life Science STEM Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Labs Literacy New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events

• How can a long metal needle pass through a balloon without popping it? • How can water flow at very different rates through two identical funnels? • How can a stick, placed on a table under several sheets of newspaper and extended over t...

By Thomas O’Brien

Elementary High School Middle School Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old Research Safety Teacher Preparation

Electro-Luminescence

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Electro-Luminescence

The title of this chapter is a compact way of saying that it covers two separate branches of chemistry. The first is electrochemistry and the second is the interaction of light with matter. An entire chapter could be spent on each of these areas, but...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

Dèjà Review

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Dèjà Review

This is the second chemistry book in the Stop Faking It! series—the first one is Chemistry Basics. This book introduces new concepts and expands on many of the concepts presented in the first book, hence the author felt it would be helpful to begi...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

Dynamic Atoms

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Dynamic Atoms

This chapter is about states of matter and a section of chemistry called thermodynamics which is the inspiration (or lack thereof) for the chapter title. The chapter might seem just a bit disconnected from the content in the rest of the book, but it�...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

The Name's Bond ... Pi Bond

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The Name's Bond ... Pi Bond

To begin this chapter, you need to picture electrons in atoms as residing in orbitals—those fuzzy things that can be spherical, dumbbell-shaped, or even ring-shaped. The author addresses orbitals and why they’re fuzzy and then deals with how the ...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

Special Reactions

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Special Reactions

The basics of chemical reactions were covered in the first chemistry book, including how to write and balance chemical equations that represent those reactions. There is also a quick review of chemical reactions in Chapter 1 of this book. We’re goi...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

Half a Life is Better Than None

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Half a Life is Better Than None

Most of chemistry deals with chemical reactions and, hence, with how electrons in atoms behave either in single atoms or when those atoms get together with other atoms. There is a branch, though, that deals with the nuclei of atoms—and that’s wha...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

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