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This chapter examines the importance of the teacher initiating creative explorations from where you are in place and understanding. With an emphasis on the practice of doing science, students can learn to make sense of…
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Online Extras: Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, K–12
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Online Extras: Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, K–12 If you have purchased Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, you can view the accompanying full-color images and additional materials online. These resources are for your personal use only and are not to be…
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Once Upon an Earth Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers
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If you work with students who struggle to understand their Earth science texts, this book provides everything you need to boost their skills in both science and reading. Once Upon an Earth Science Book starts with…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Earth and Environmental Science: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes
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If you’re new to formative assessment probes, you’ll love this timely addition to the bestselling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. Authors Page Keeley and Laura Tucker give you 32 engaging questions, or…
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Visual Literacy in Earth Science: Phases of the Moon
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Chapters 6, 7, and 8 are practice chapters. Each chapter provides the appropriate content standards for grades K-4 and 5-8 and several partial lessons and each follows the same format but addresses a different content…
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Expanding Earth Science Learning Through International Collaboration
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Nano2Earth Curriculum and the National Science Education Standards
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With the Nano2Earth curriculum, students learn about nanotechnology and nanoscience by using inquiry to study groundwater pollution. The curriculum is designed to meet the National Science Education Standards (NSES) for…
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Geology from a Beaker: Student Activities in Earth Science
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Student activities based on deposition in a beaker introduce Walther’s Law, which states that, if uninterrupted, vertical deposition is duplicated in the horizontal. When gravel, sand, and clay (mud) are stirred in a…
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Growing Beyond Earth: Cultivating 21st century science exploration
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Citizen Science column for the Jan/Feb 2024 Science Scope Journal
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Earth & Space Science for Young Learners
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In this study, we analyzed the literature on teaching or learning on a topic in Earth science, environmental science, or climate change between 1995 and 2017. We investigated the length of the intervention, intervention…
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Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, K–12 (Book Sample)
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There is a lot to like about this text, and I truly believe that teachers will both like it and use it. Implementing PBL is difficult for teachers, and few curriculum guides are available to support their efforts. This…
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This chapter, by Michael A. Gibson, discusses an adaptable instruction activity used in undergraduate Earth science courses with preservice teachers to illustrate the gains in conceptual understanding that result from…
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