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Do you crave both physics problems and captivating illustrations? If your answer is "yes", look no further! Quantoons combines challenging problems and provocative quotes with intricate drawings that mix Isaac Newton…
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Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Student Edition
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Through 19 carefully sequenced lessons and activities, this unit gets middle schoolers ready for next-level learning. Students explore what happens at the molecular level so they can understand how living things grow…
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Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, K–12
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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-…
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Doing Good Science in Middle School, Expanded 2nd Edition: A Practical STEM Guide
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“We are among those who have come to enjoy the blossoming intellects, often comical behaviors, and insatiable curiosity of middle schoolers—and choose to work with them! With more than 130 years of combined experience…
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Rise and Shine: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Science Teacher
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Rise and Shine provides a friendly support system that new science teachers can turn to in their first days, months, and even years in the classroom. This easy-to-read book offers plenty of helpful techniques for…
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Activities Linking Science With Math, K-4
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Science does not exist in a vacuum and, therefore, shouldn’t be taught that way. In that spirit, Activities Linking Science With Math, K-4, is a hands-on guide for preservice and inservice elementary school teachers who…
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Dark as a Shadow: I Wonder Why
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Time for shadow play! After reading about how light and objects interact to create shadows, young children won’t be able to resist twisting, wiggling, bending, and shaking to see the phenomenon for themselves. To add to…
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The Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and Engineering: A Guidebook for Secondary Teachers
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Given the ability of nanoscience and nanotechnology to exploit the unique properties that matter exhibits at the nanoscale, the research resulting from these emerging fields is poised to dramatically affect everyday…
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Discovery Engineering in Biology: Case Studies for Grades 6–12
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Show your students how amazing it can be to just “see what will happen” when they blend biology, engineering, and serendipity. Focusing on innovations sparked by accidental or unexpected observations, the case studies…
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Creating a STEM Culture for Teaching and Learning
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This is the book that will flip the way you think about STEM from “not me” to “I’m in!” Author Jeff Weld is the director of the acclaimed Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council. He sees STEM as “a white-hot,…
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REVERE Award Winner, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers! Great news for multitasking middle school teachers: Science educators Terry Shiverdecker and Jessica Fries-Gaither can help you blend…
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A Head Start on Science, Second Edition: Encouraging a Sense of Wonder
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Imagine what fun it could be for 3- to 7-year-olds to engage in a game of Prism Play or Magnetic Scavenger Hunt or Where Did the Shadows Go? Then imagine how convenient it would be for you if such activities came with…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2: 25 More Formative Assessment Probes
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If Hollywood filmed this sequel, the studio would call it “Probes II: More Battles Against Misunderstandings.” Like the blockbuster before it, Volume 2 will reveal the surprising misconceptions students bring to the…
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Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12
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Get help teaching one of the hottest topics in science with Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12. This nine-session module is written to be practical and accessible. It provides both extensive background and step-…
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Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS: A Professional Development Facilitator's Guide
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REVERE Award Finalist, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers! If you’re charged with helping educators achieve the vision of the new science standards, this is the professional development…
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