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Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More
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Solar Science offers more than three dozen hands-on, inquiry-based activities on many fascinating aspects of solar astronomy. The activities cover the Sun’s motions, space weather caused by the Sun, the measurement of…
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Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K–12
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Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K–12 offers a great new way to ignite your creativity. Authors Tom McConnell, Joyce Parker, and Janet Eberhardt show you how to engage students with scenarios that…
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Big Data, Small Devices: Investigating the Natural World Using Real-Time Data
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Now your students can transform their mobile phones and tablets into tools for learning about everything from weather to water quality. Big Data, Small Devices shows you how. This book is designed for Earth and…
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It's Still Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy, K–5
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It’s Still Debatable! encourages scientific literacy by showing you how to teach the content and thinking skills K–5 students need to explore real-world questions like these: • Is football too dangerous for…
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Creating Engineering Design Challenges: Success Stories From Teachers
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If you’ve ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engineering Design Challenges is the book for you. At its core are 13 units…
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Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition: Using Children's Books to Guide Inquiry, 3-6
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How do you improve upon perfection? For years, new and experienced elementary school teachers alike have extolled the virtues of Picture-Perfect Science Lessons—the expertly combined appeal of children’s picture books…
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Translating the NGSS for Classroom Instruction
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With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), you need a resource to help you answer pressing questions about how the standards fit with your curriculum, instruction, and assessments. Rodger W. Bybee…
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It's Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy K-12
NSTA Press Book |
REVERE Award Finalist, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers! “Functional scientific literacy requires an understanding of the nature of science and the skills necessary to think both…
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NSTA Press Book |
It’s challenging to teach science well to all students while connecting your lessons to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). This unique book portrays real teaching scenarios written by the teachers on the NGSS…
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Teaching for Conceptual Understanding in Science
NSTA Press Book |
What do you get when you bring together two of NSTA’s bestselling authors to ponder ways to deepen students’ conceptual understanding of science? A fascinating combination of deep thinking about science teaching, field-…
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Disciplinary Core Ideas: Reshaping Teaching and Learning
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Like all enthusiastic teachers, you want your students to see the connections between important science concepts so they can grasp how the world works now—and maybe even make it work better in the future. But how…
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Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, 3-5: Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM Learning
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"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-…
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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 6–8: Structuring Lessons With the NGSS in Mind
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Instructional Sequence Matters shows how to make simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities to improve student learning. It also makes it easy for you to put the NGSS into practice. After explaining why…
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Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes
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New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering and technology concepts? Have you been wishing for formative…
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Universal Design for Learning Science: Reframing Elementary Instruction in Physical Science
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New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. Here’s good news: With this practical book, you can learn from experienced elementary school educators about how to make physical…