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Provides how-to advice that will make this book a go-to resource. It offers six standards-based lessons that show how to infuse engineering concepts into existing courses. The book also provides wide-ranging material from each of the major content areas in biological sciences, including structures and processes, ecosystems and biological evolution.

What if you could challenge your first graders to relate changes in seasonal weather patterns to changes in the plant world? Patterns and the Plant World helps young children learn about a range of natural phenomena in a STEM context.

Demonstrates how to make simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities to improve student learning. After explaining why sequencing is so important, Patrick Brown provides a complete self-guided tour to becoming an ""explore-before-explain"" teacher.

"This book prompts inquisitive kids to learn about maple seeds, including the seeds' real name (no, not whirlybird), the work they do for maple trees, and how to uncover the little trees waiting to sprout from the seedlings. Next Time You See a Maple Seed is a mini class in how tall trees grow from tiny, twirling winged fruits. Awaken a sense of wonder in a child with the Next Time You See series from NSTA Kids. The books will inspire elementary-age children to experience the enchantment of everyday phenomena, such as maple seeds, Moon phases, pill bugs, fireflies, seashells, and sunsets. Especially designed to be experienced with an adult--be it a parent, teacher, or friend--Next Time You See books serve as a reminder that you don't have to look far to find something remarkable in nature."--

This uses science journalism techniques to help students become better consumers of, and contributors to, a scientifically literate community. It is divided into three parts: background information and a rationale for using science journalism techniques; concrete advice about how to teach science literacy in this framework; and the process of putting together and writing a news story.

For teachers eager to integrate STEM into their school day, Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons is an exciting development. This book's 15 kid-friendly lessons convey how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics intersect in the real world. They embed reading-comprehension strategies that integrate the STEM subjects and English language arts through high-quality picture books.

"Next Time You See a Cloud explains the science behind clouds in a way young children can understand. The book also includes activities and additional resources, as well as color photographs"--

From a clock's ticks in the morning to a father's snores at night, sounds are everywhere. That's what an attentive boy discovers as he listens his way through a school day. The point of this gentle book is not to explain how your sense of hearing works; rather, it aims to sharpen your awareness of all you can hear - and all you can learn when you listen.

What really helps your students learn science? Find out with data that go way beyond what standardized test scores tell you. The Feedback Loop describes a process by which you design formative assessments of what you do and collect a variety of forms of data. The book then shows you ways to actually use the information to improve your teaching.

This all-in-one guide will help you engage your students in scenarios that represent real-world science in all its messy, thought-provoking glory. The scenarios will prompt K-12 students to work collaboratively on analyzing problems, asking questions, posing hypotheses, and constructing solutions.

Tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two Hula Hoops, and table tennis balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family explores safe ways to view a solar eclipse and ponder phenomena from sunspots to phases of the Moon.

When it's time for a game change, you need a guide to the new rules. Written in clear, non-technical language, this book provides a wealth of real-world examples to show you what's different about practice-centred teaching and learning at all grade levels.

If you're new to formative assessment probes, you'll love the latest book in the bestselling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. Authors Page Keeley and Laura Tucker give you 32 engaging questions, or probes, that can reveal what your students already know-or think they know-about core Earth and environmental science concepts.

This important book aims to reshape your approach to teaching and your students' way of learning. Building on the foundation provided by A Framework for K-12 Science Education, Disciplinary Core Ideas can make your science lessons more coherent and memorable, regardless of what subject matter you cover and what grade you teach.

"This kids' book describes how scientists have used science notebooks to learn, explore, and discover."--

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 measuring of time and seasons in our daily lives, and much more. The authors are award-winning experts in both astronomy and science education.

Next time you need quick answers about the Next Generation Science Standards, turn to The NSTA Quick-Reference Guides to the NGSS. The guides are available in three grade-specific versions, plus a version for K-12. Each book provides the appropriate performance expectations, disciplinary core ideas, practices, crosscutting concepts, connections to engineering, technology, and applications of science, and connections to nature of science.

Next time you need quick answers about the Next Generation Science Standards, turn to The NSTA Quick-Reference Guides to the NGSS. The guides are available in three grade-specific versions, plus a version for K-12. Each book provides the appropriate performance expectations, disciplinary core ideas, practices, crosscutting concepts, connections to engineering, technology, and applications of science, and connections to nature of science.

What happens when two friends take an interest in an oak tree? They begin to notice more about the world around them, such as the seasons changing and squirrels making homes. As warm and dreamy as a summer day, Our Very Own Tree will inspire readers to seek out their very own places in nature.

" One of the first activities I ask new science teachers to do in my methods course is to think of a memorable science activity from their past. Whether it's creating an exploding vinegar and baking soda volcano, dissecting a frog, or building a mousetrap car, new teachers relish their memories from school. Beyond the projects themselves, we also discuss the teachers who facilitated these learning experiences, focusing on how they inspired their students to develop a passion and curiosity for science. "Once this is established, I ask my students the million-dollar question: ' How are you going to become one of those teachers?' " By reading The New Science Teacher's Handbook, you will learn 12 specific steps that will help you on your way to becoming a skilled classroom teacher. The authors make each chapter both helpful and fun to read by including: - The Story-- actual experiences that happened within one of the authors' classrooms. As the authors note, these true stories demonstrate that even those who go on to write books on best practices in the classroom didn't start off as perfect educators. - The Moral-- what the authors learned from the story. - Steps for Success-- multiple solutions you can choose from to fit your concerns and school environment. - What Does Success Look Like?-- how the classroom looks after implementing the steps for success. - Resources you can turn to if you want to explore each topic in more detail. The book addresses areas that are often underrepresented, if not completely ignored, by prevalent science methods pedagogy textbooks. " Whether you are on your way to becoming a science teacher or a teacher in your early years," the authors write, " we feel confident the ideas presented here will help you become the teacher you've always wanted to be."

Using this compilation of "Everyday Engineering " columns from NSTA's journal Science Scope, engage middle-schoolers in hands-on investigations of the science and engineering behind objects they probably take for granted. The collection consists of 14 activities. Each includes a clear explanation of the science and history behind an item's development plus a materials list, student data sheets, and safety suggestions.

Guides children through six types of regions that are shaped by rainfall-or the lack thereof. Readers take a journey that starts with dense tropical rainforests and woodlands, travels through grassy savannahs and prairies, and ends at dry steppes and deserts. Throughout the book, attentive readers can compare how and why each region is alike and different.

Provides the examples and inspiration to accelerate the trend toward steering students to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and maths. This book explores 16 examples of ideas and experiences representing a large number of career areas; they include scientists, engineers, inventors, and education reformers.

"Chances are that just under a nearby rock, you'll spot a roly-poly pill bug. Encourage a child to take a close look, and introduce a fascinating creature. Gently pick it up and watch as it rolls into a ball and unrolls to take a walk. This cousin to lobsters and crabs sheds its crusty skin and will tickle your hand with its 14 (count 'em!) wiggly legs. The book will inspire elementary-age children to experience the enchantment of everyday phenomena such as pill bugs"--

You don't have to become a mind reader to understand the ideas young students bring to science class. This collection will help you draw out and then recognize what students know-or think they know-about the natural world. Each chapter provides a sample formative assessment probe, and a set of interesting questions that root out commonly held, often-mistaken ideas.

What student—or teacher—can resist the chance to experiment with Rocket Launchers, Drinking Birds, Dropper Poppers, Boomwhackers, and Flying Pigs? The experiments in Using Physics Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 9-12, encourage high school students to explore phenomena involved with pressure and force, thermodynamics, energy, light and colour, resonance, buoyancy, two-dimensional motion, angular momentum, magnetism, and electromagnetic induction.

"Spenser and the rocks is part of the I Wonder Why book series, written to ignite the curiosity of children in grades K-6 while encouraging them to become avid readers. In addition to the information pertaining to rocks, the heart of the story is a young boy named Spenser and his interests, curiosity, and thoughts. Through the story, the reader is introduced to scientific procedures such as classification, research, and reclassification. Spenser's interest in rocks increases as he learns more about them by sorting the rocks, asking questions, and reading reference books"--Provided by publisher.