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Depending on you location, you may get to experience different seasons–thus meaning your environment changes. Students can begin to make initial obs...
NSTA Press Book
Rise and Shine: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Science Teacher
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. ...
By Linda Froschauer, Mary L. Bigelow
NSTA Press Book
Teaching Science Through Trade Books
“‘What was your favorite book as a child?’ In more than 10 years of facilitating workshops, we have never heard anyone reply, ‘My fourth-grad...
By Christine Anne Royce, Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes
What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a sta...
By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider
NSTA Press Book
Front-Page Science: Engaging Teens in Science Literacy
“The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines for mammograms in 2009. What does this mean for someone with a family history of br...
By Angela Kohnen, Alan Newman, Laura Pearce, Wendy Saul
NSTA Press Book
Science Stories: Using Case Studies to Teach Critical Thinking
Stories give life and substance to scientific methods and provide an inside look at scientists in action. Case studies deepen scientific understanding...
By Clyde Freeman Herreid, Nancy A. Schiller, Ky F. Herreid
NSTA Press Book
Learning and Teaching Scientific Inquiry: Research and Applications
Science teacher educators, curriculum specialists, professional development facilitators, and K–8 teachers are bound to increase their understanding...
By James Jadrich, Crystal Bruxvoort
NSTA Press Book
Humans perceive the world by constructing mental models—telling a story, interpreting a map, reading a book. Every way we interact with the world in...
By Steven W. Gilbert