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Models-Based Science Teaching

Humans perceive the world by constructing mental models—telling a story, interpreting a map, reading a book. Every way we interact with the world in...

By Steven W. Gilbert

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STEM Student Research Handbook

This comprehensive resource for STEM teachers and students, outlines the various stages of large-scale research projects, enabling teachers to coach t...

By Darci J. Harland

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Team Teaching Science: Success for All Learners

In Team Teaching Science, Ed Linz, Mary Jane Heater, and Lori A. Howard demonstrate the truth in the old adage “Two heads are better than one.” T...

By Lori A. Howard, Ed Linz, Mary Jane Heater

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Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes

Winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award from Association of Educational Publishers!Author Page Keeley continues to provide K–12 teachers with ...

By Page Keeley

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Tried and True: Time-Tested Activities for Middle School

A compilation of popular “Tried and True” columns originally published in the award-winning journal Science Scope, this new book is filled with te...

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Earth Science Puzzles: Making Meaning From Data

Teachers of Earth and environmental sciences in grades 8–12 will welcome this activity book centered on six “data puzzles” that foster critical-...

By Kim Kastens, Margie Turrin

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