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Even More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching

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 More Everyday Science M...

By Richard Konicek-Moran

Elementary Middle School General Science Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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Outdoor Science: A Practical Guide

Research shows that environment-centered education improves student achievement. Whatever your school’s setting—urban, suburban, or rural—you can create stimulating outdoor classrooms for your students, with a little help from Outdoor Science. ...

By Steve Rich

Elementary Informal Education Middle School General Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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The Frugal Science Teacher, PreK-5: Strategies and Activities

Teachers of all grades and disciplines often dip into their own wallets to outfit their classrooms with materials and supplies that school and district budgets can’t—or won’t—cover. Science teachers tend to find themselves supplementing their...

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Designing Effective Science Instruction: What Works in Science Classrooms

Science teachers, like all teachers, start each school year with high hopes and expectations for students to succeed. They plan their lessons, scramble to get the necessary equipment, and work hard to engage their students. However, despite good inte...

By Anne Tweed

Middle School Elementary High School Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Inquiry Instructional Materials NGSS Pedagogy Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes

Wouldn't it be helpful to know what your students' ideas are about a science concept before launching into a new lesson or unit? Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4, offers 25 more formative assessment probes to help reveal students' precon...

By Joyce Tugel, Page Keeley

Elementary High School Middle School Earth & Space Science Life Science Physical Science Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation

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Extreme Science: From Nano to Galactic

Whether we are imagining microbes or mammoths, dinosaurs or diatoms, molecules or stars, people of all ages are fascinated with the very large and the very small. New technologies have enabled scientists to investigate extremes of science previously ...

By M. Gail Jones, Amy R. Taylor, Michael R. Falvo

High School Middle School Technology Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old Research Safety Teacher Preparation

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40 Inquiry Exercises for the College Biology Lab

Drawing from the author’s own work as a lab developer, coordinator, and instructor, this one-of-a-kind text for college biology teachers uses the inquiry method in presenting 40 different lab exercises that make complicated biology subjects accessi...

By A. Daniel Johnson

Postsecondary Biology Assessment Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Teaching Strategies Labs New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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