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Light: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It
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Why is left right and right left in the mirror? Baffled by the basics of reflection and refraction? Wondering just how the eye works? If you have trouble teaching concepts about light that you don’t fully grasp yourself…
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Learning and Teaching Scientific Inquiry: Research and Applications
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Science teacher educators, curriculum specialists, professional development facilitators, and K–8 teachers are bound to increase their understanding and confidence when teaching inquiry after a careful reading of this…
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Hard-to-Teach Biology Concepts, Revised 2nd Edition: Designing Instruction Aligned to the NGSS
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“This book does not contain a recipe to follow as you plan and deliver lessons. Nor is it a set of predesigned lessons for use in biology classrooms. Instead, it features both an instructional framework you can use as…
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Learning to Read the Earth and Sky: Explorations Supporting the NGSS, Grades 6–12
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Is it time to refresh the way you think about teaching Earth science? Learning to Read the Earth and Sky is the multifaceted resource you need to bring authentic science—and enthusiasm—into your classroom. It offers…
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Investigating Environmental Changes, Grade 2: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
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What if you could challenge your second graders to design an outdoor STEM classroom with a butterfly garden, birdbath, and sundial? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! …
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Humans perceive the world by constructing mental models—telling a story, interpreting a map, reading a book. Every way we interact with the world involves mental models, whether creating new ones or building on existing…
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Using Physics Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 9-12: Phenomenon-Based Learning
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What student—or teacher—can resist the chance to experiment with Rocket Launchers, Drinking Birds, Dropper Poppers, Boomwhackers, Flying Pigs, and more? The 54 experiments in Using Physics Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 9–…
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Using Physical Science Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 6-8: Phenomenon-Based Learning
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What student—or teacher—can resist the chance to experiment with Rocket Launchers, Sound Pipes, Drinking Birds, Dropper Poppers, and more? The 35 experiments in Using Physical Science Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 6–8,…
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What Are They Thinking? Promoting Elementary Learning Through Formative Assessment
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REVERE Award Winner, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers! “Children are continually developing ideas and explanations about their natural world. … Some of these ideas are consistent with…
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STEM, Standards, and Strategies for High-Quality Units
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New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. Do you, your school, or your school district want to align your science curriculum with state standards while meeting the growing…
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The Changing Earth, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School
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New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. What if you could challenge your eighth graders to help people recognize the inherent risks of living in a region that’s prone to…
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Science for English Language Learners: K-12 Classroom Strategies
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If you work with linguistically and culturally diverse students, you and your students will benefit from the foundation this book provides for teaching both science and language. Science for English Language Learners…
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Perspectives on Science Education. A Leadership Seminar
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This book delivers what the title promises: perspectives on leadership and science education, presented in the form of a stimulating seminar. Authors Rodger Bybee and Stephen Pruitt are two of science educator's most…
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Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Fifth Grade
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Picture Perfect Science: Grade 5 combines the appeal of children’s picture books with standards-based science content. The series contains lessons, complete with student pages and assessments that use picture books to…
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Even More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching
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What are the odds of a meteor hitting your house? What are “warm” clothes anyway? Do you get “more” sunlight from Daylight Saving Time? Everyone loves a good mystery and these unfold in the 15 stories presented in Even…
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