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Book Chapter
Why Is Investigating a Powerful Teaching Tool?
Through investigations, teachers can allow students to explore concepts and develop understanding while maintaining the integrity of the curriculum. Hands-on, meaningful investigations give life to learning, inspire questions, and engage students and...
Book Chapter
How Do Investigations Prepare Students for Purposeful Learning?
Reading, writing, and technology become not only tools to enhance learning but also investigations in and of themselves. Investigations create three-dimensional learning experiences that include a variety of access points. This Part 2 covers how inv...
Book Chapter
How Do I Integrate Investigations?
When investigations are integrated thoughtfully, a dynamic learning environment is created and is visible in the classroom. This Part 3 provides ways to connect investigations within a unit of study, explains how investigations support depth of knowl...
Book Chapter
Perspectives on Science Education: A Leadership Seminar (Book Sample)
This book delivers what the title promises: perspectives on leadership and science education, presented in the form of a simulating seminar. Authors Rodger Bybee and Stephen Pruitt are two of science educator's most prominent thought leaders. Writin...
Book Chapter
Dive In! Immersion in Science Practices for High School Students (Book Sample)
What is it really like to plunge into the world of science learning and teaching? Find out in this unique book. Dive In! grew out of a teacher–scientist project at the University of New Hampshire that promoted active learning and using science prac...
eBook
Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K–2: Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM Learning (e-book)
New in 2017!"Teachers in our district have been fans of Picture-Perfect Science for years, and it’s made a huge impact on how they fit science into their school day. We are so excited to do more of the same with these Picture-Perfect STEM books!"�...
Workshop
Computer Science in the Classroom: Computational Thinking for Teachers is a 2 credit course which examines the computing field and how it impacts the human condition. Exciting ideas and influential people are introduced. A gentle introduction to co...
Book Chapter
Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K–2: Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM Learning (Book Sample)
"Teachers in our district have been fans of Picture-Perfect Science for years, and it’s made a huge impact on how they fit science into their school day. We are so excited to do more of the same with these Picture-Perfect STEM books!"—Chris Gible...
Book Chapter
When The Sun Goes Dark (Book Sample)
This richly illustrated book is a fun way to help young astronomers understand all the excitement during a solar eclipse. The book tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ba...
Book Chapter
The Power of Investigating: Guiding Authentic Assessments (Book sample chapter)
Children want to explore, dig, build, play, and wonder. To do this they need to touch, feel, see, observe, listen, manipulate, plan, and create. How does a teacher build and maintain a learning environment that will help students investigate meaningf...
eBook
The Power of Investigating: Guiding Authentic Assessments (e-book)
New in 2017!Children want to explore, dig, build, play, and wonder. To do this they need to touch, feel, see, observe, listen, manipulate, plan, and create. How does a teacher build and maintain a learning environment that will help students investig...
NSTA Press Book
Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, K–12
Implementing PBL is difficult for teachers, and few curriculum guides are available to support their efforts. This book fills that gap by providing the kinds of strategies and examples teachers need to facilitate open-ended inquiry in their science c...
By Tom J. McConnell, Joyce Parker, Janet Eberhardt