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NSTA Press Book
Once Upon a Life Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers
Reading skills and life science come together in this engaging new book for middle school teachers. Once Upon a Life Science Book makes it easy for teachers to improve their students’ reading abilities and teach science content simultaneously throu...
By Jodi Wheeler-Toppen
NSTA Press Book
Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events
• How can a long metal needle pass through a balloon without popping it? • How can water flow at very different rates through two identical funnels? • How can a stick, placed on a table under several sheets of newspaper and extended over t...
By Thomas O’Brien
Book Chapter
It would be impossible to investigate even a fraction of organic chemistry in this book, so in this chapter the author goes over a few things that will complement the limited organic chemistry in the first book. This is not a comprehensive chapter on...
NSTA Press Book
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
NSTA Press Book
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
NSTA Press Book
More Chemistry Basics: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It
Overwhelmed by orbitals? Terrified of thermodynamics? Agitated by acids and bases? Have no fear! This follow-up to the award-winning Chemistry Basics will clear up your chemistry woes. ...
By William C. Robertson, Ph.D.
NSTA Press Book
Inside-Out: Environmental Science in the Classroom and the Field, Grades 3–8
Teachers seeking new ways to integrate Earth science, chemistry, physical geography, and life science into a study of the environment should just step outside! So say the authors of Inside-Out: Environmental Science in the Classroom and the Field, Gr...
By Robert W. Blake, Jr., J. Adam Frederick, Sarah Haines, Stephanie Colby Lee
NSTA Press Book
Science Education Leadership: Best Practices for the New Century
Achieving science literacy for every student is the common goal of all science educators. It requires leaders from a broad spectrum of the science education field to band together and clearly define how to achieve this goal and provide the tools for ...