All Middle School resources
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This chapter deals with fractions and decimals. This is one place where people who are otherwise fine with math jump off the boat and decide it's jus...
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This chapter contains basic material related to exponents that is a supplement to Chapters 1 and 2. Keeping with the theme of the first two chapters,...
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This chapter is all about negative numbers, and how to deal with them. They're not all that difficult to understand, but for some reason people get j...
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Why Do They Have to Gum Everything Up With Those Letters?
Often people who are relatively comfortable doing math with numbers completely freak out when variables (you know, those letters that take the place o...
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All Things Being Equal...Or Not
Now that we've covered at least a few examples of how we get equations from the physical world, it's time to work on solving those equations. Solving...
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Pie are not Round; <i>π</i>²
What would a math book be without a nerdy math joke? Bad joke aside, you might recognize π² as the formula for the area of a circle. And you mig...
NSTA Press Book
Science for English Language Learners: K-12 Classroom Strategies
If you work with linguistically and culturally diverse students, you and your students will benefit from the foundation this book provides for teachin...
NSTA Press Book
Assessment in Science: Practical Experiences and Education Research
If you want the latest research about assessment techniques that really work, you want Assessment in Science. This collection of informative, up-to-da...
NSTA Press Book
Exemplary Science in Grades 5-8: Standards-Based Success Stories
Do the Standards really matter in middle school? Nine years after the National Science Education Standards’ release, just how well do science teache...
NSTA Press Book
Virus and the Whale: Exploring Evolution in Creatures Small and Large
With this lively book of activities as their guide, students can follow seven scientists into their labs and out to the field to discover how evolutio...