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The Creation Controversy and The Science Classroom

Organized into three practical parts, The Creation Controversy provides teachers with insights into modern science and the Book of Genesis, effective strategies for teaching evolution and other controversial topics, and the NSTA Position Statement on...

By James W. Skehan S.J., Ph.D., Craig E. Nelson, Ph.D.

Middle School Elementary High School Assessment Curriculum Inquiry Instructional Materials NGSS Professional Learning old Research Teaching Strategies

How to ... Ask the Right Questions

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How to ... Ask the Right Questions

Questions, questions, questions! They are a large part of a teacher’s stock-in-trade. We use questions to help students review, to check on comprehension, to stimulate critical thinking, to encourage creativity, to emphasize a point, to control cla...

By Patricia E. Blosser

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School General Science Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation

Ten-Minute Field Trips: A Teachers's Guide to Using the Schoolgrounds for Environmental Studies

NSTA Press Book

Ten-Minute Field Trips: A Teachers's Guide to Using the Schoolgrounds for Environmental Studies

You don't have to go far to get science out of the classroom. An NSTA best-seller, this book is ideal for teachers in all school environments--urban, suburban, or rural. Renowned educator Helen Ross Russell describes more than 200 short, close-to-hom...

By Helen Ross Russell

Elementary Informal Education Middle School Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Teaching Strategies Teacher Preparation

Waves Do Basic Math--Adding and Subtracting

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Waves Do Basic Math--Adding and Subtracting

So far we've been dealing with single sources of sound, and how they produce the pitches you hear. But you don't go to the symphony to hear a single oboe, and when you hear a solo guitarist, he or she doesn't keep your attention long by playing only...

High School Middle School Physical Science

Ack! Word Problems!

Book Chapter

Ack! Word Problems!

Most textbooks go through the procedures for solving math equations before they ever get to word problems, which is a bit backwards. You should know where the equations come from in the first place, so you might actually have a reason for solving th...

High School Middle School Mathematics Teaching Strategies Teacher Preparation

To the Moon, Alice!

Book Chapter

To the Moon, Alice!

You now know enough about force and motion to design a trip to the Moon. After all, if they can get a man on the Moon, you can understand science. In the first section of this chapter, the author teaches you the basics of getting to orbit with an eng...

High School Middle School Physical Science

NSTA Press Book

The NSTA Reader's Guide to the Next Generation Science Standards

Not since the release of A Framework for K-12 Science Education has a document held such promise and significance for the science education community as does the Next Generation Science Standards. ...

By Harold Pratt

Elementary High School Middle School General Science Disciplinary Core Ideas Learning Progression NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation

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