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Amid a flurry of national standards and high-stakes assessments, it's easy to overlook the curiosity and invention that is inherent to science and that should be central to any science lesson plan. Similarly, the connections between what students learn in the classroom and the issues facing our society are often lost in the race to cover the content. The National Science Education Standards goals that are emphasized in this volume focus on how to successfully draw on personal and societal problems in the classroom to illustrate the use and understanding of science for all learners. Editor Robert Yager and his extraordinary team of co-authors offer exciting and diverse case study examples of new, research-based, and proven strategies that are sure to provide educators with a road map as they strive to reform and reinvigorate their classrooms. As with all of the Exemplary Science titles, this book provides resources, ideas, and case studies to stimulate science education faculties across the country to begin substantive discussions that will drive them to re-embrace curiosity, invention, inquiry, and societal connection in the classroom and move them toward exemplary science instruction.

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 Mysteries, the third volume in author Richard Konicek-Moran's award-winning series. Again, the author uses stories without endings to teach a science principle, allowing the students to investigate how each story can be resolved. All the stories relate to the world around us and encourage students to " take ownership" of their learning. In " Here's the Crusher," family members ponder what could have crushed a plastic soda bottle sitting on a table. By exploring each family member's idea, common misconceptions are uncovered and discussed. In " Florida Cars?" Amber seeks out the causes of rust on cars from Florida. She experiments with nails to try to discover what ingredients produce rust. Your students will tackle Amber's problem and reach their own conclusions. Science topics explored include evaporation, erosion, thermal energy, atmospheric pressure, buoyancy, and density. " These stories are bound to reveal the wonderful ideas all students have, give them the confidence to explore their own thinking, and provide opportunities for them to ' do' science rather than have science ' done' to them." -- Page Keeley, NSTA President 2008- 09

What if you could challenge your sixth graders to design an amusement park for children of tomorrow to safely enjoy? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Amusement Park of the Future outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. The series is designed to meet the growing need to infuse real-world learning into K- 12 classrooms. This book is an interdisciplinary module that uses project- and problem-based learning. Drawing on their previous experience with amusement parks or carnival rides, students will work in teams to do the following: - Connect these experiences with a variety of science and social studies concepts, including energy transfer, ratios and rates, technical texts, multimedia communications, historical inquiry, and the influences of technology on society. - Use mathematics and English language arts to research the background and designs of amusement parks. - Create blueprints of their models, build and test small-scale prototypes, and develop cost-benefit analyses. - Design marketing plans and infomercials to promote their models. The STEM Road Map Curriculum Series is anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning. In-depth and flexible, Amusement Parks of the Future can be used as a whole unit or in part to meet the needs of districts, schools, and teachers who are charting a course toward an integrated STEM approach.

"There's a lot to love about this newly expanded book in the Picture-Perfect Science series. You can combine STEM and reading through lively lessons that are just right for your first-grade students. Also, reading-comprehension strategies are embedded in all 11 of the ready-to-teach lessons, six of which are updated and five brand-new. The goal is to help your young scientists learn to read and read to learn while engaging in activities that blend science, technology, engineering, and mathematics"--

Thinking made visible: That's what happens when elementary students record their thoughts in science notebooks. This practical guide shows how notebooks can become a tangible record of their emerging understanding of and proficiency in science. Students can use their notebooks to pose questions, write down observations, work through puzzling data, or think through new ideas. You can use them to ascertain each student's strengths and challenges in participating in the academic work of science. Science Notebooks in Student-Centered Classrooms offers the following: - Specific guidance on how to start using notebooks-- or improve what you already do. Find out how to help students learn to organize information while also preserving their own voices and choices. Many of the samples are from actual student notebooks. - Advice on the best ways to use notebooks. Explore lessons, instructional routines, and assessment techniques that pair well with science notebooks. - Practical techniques. Discover how to use notebooks to assess student work and plan future lessons even as you integrate language arts and mathematics into your science class. - Blackline masters you can use at your discretion. These are provided in the appendix for organizational elements (such as a table of contents) and instruction (graphic organizers). Throughout, the book's approach aligns with the vision in A Framework for K- 12 Science Education, the Next Generation Science Standards, and current research about notebooks. You can be sure the strategies in this book really work because author Jessica Fries-Gaither is a veteran teacher who has personally tested every technique. She is also the author of the award-winning NSTA Kids books Notable Notebooks: Scientists and Their Writings and Exemplary Evidence: Scientists and Their Data. As she says in the book, science notebooks have the power " to engage students as active participants in the practice and learning of science."

"If you've been trying to figure out how crosscutting concepts (CCCs) fit into three-dimensional learning, this in-depth resource will show you their usefulness across the sciences. Crosscutting Concepts: Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning is designed to help teachers at all grade levels (1) promote students' sensemaking and problem-solving abilities by integrating CCCs with science and engineering practices and disciplinary core ideas; (2) support connections across multiple disciplines and diverse contexts; and (3) use CCCs as a set of lenses through which students can learn about the world around them. The book is divided into the following four sections. Foundational issues that undergird crosscutting concepts. You'll see how CCCs can change your instruction, engage your students in science, and broaden access and inclusion for all students in the science classroom. An in-depth look at individual CCCs. You'll learn to use each CCC across disciplines, understand the challenges students face in learning CCCs, and adopt exemplary teaching strategies. Ways to use CCCs to strengthen how you teach key topics in science. These topics include the nature of matter, plant growth, and weather and climate, as well as engineering design. Ways that CCCs can enhance the work of science teaching. These topics include student assessment and teacher professional collaboration. Throughout the book, vignettes drawn from the authors' own classroom experiences will help you put theory into practice. Instructional Applications show how CCCs can strengthen your planning. Classroom Snapshots offer practical ways to use CCCs in discussions and lessons. No matter how you use this book to enrich your thinking, it will help you leverage the power of CCCs to strengthen students' science and engineering learning. As the book says, "CCCs can often provide deeper insight into phenomena and problems by providing complementary perspectives that both broaden and sharpen our view on the rapidly changing world that students will inherit.""--

With this practical book, you can learn from experienced elementary school educators about how to make physical science both challenging and accessible for a diverse range of students. Universal Design for Learning Science will inspire you to reframe your lessons to reflect how students learn and to support the success of all students.

Shows how your students can work through engineering design challenges inspired by a broad range of literature - novels and short stories, biographies and histories, or even picture books. By way of introduction, the book offers clear conceptual background and practical advice on how the approach works.

Here's proof that STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) isn't just for the big kids! This book's 10 chapters are a mini-course on blending authentic, phenomena-driven, integrated STEM teaching and learning into busy K-2 classrooms.

Features 62 maps that describe the progressions of understanding for what students should know and be able to do with regards to the three dimensions of science as described by the Framework for K-12 Science Education, the Next Generation Science Standards, and other state standards based on the Framework.

Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering and technology concepts? Have you been wishing for formative assessment tools in both English and Spanish? If so, this is the book for you.

How do our bodies manage to heal wounds, build the stamina to run marathons, and give us the energy - even while we're sleeping - to keep us alive and functioning? Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity prompts high school students to explore fascinating questions like these.

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 in this resource are a lively way to integrate engineering and experimentation into your biology classes.

Outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. Like the other volumes in the series, this book is designed to meet the growing need to infuse real-world learning into K-12 classrooms.

If you've ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engineering Design Challenges is the book for you. At its core are 13 units grounded in challenge-based learning and the engineering design process.

Reveals the big impact bees have on the world. Next Time You See a Bee shows how the physical features of bees make them pros at collecting and spreading pollen. It explains how bees pollinate flowers, discusses why bees are threatened, and shares what readers can do to help.

Emphasizes child-centred development of science practices and skills. Children can explore the natural world as they take advantage of lively opportunities for science learning. Each lesson includes a follow-up activity, connections to centres and children's literature, assessment guides, and bonus activities.

Get rave reviews for science by putting this book's step-by-step plans to work. Staging Family Science Nights is your playbook for creating an informal learning environment that will generate enthusiasm and enjoyment of science among the entire family.

These 15 field-tested lessons cover energy, waves and their application in technologies for information transfer, molecules and organisms, and Earth's place in the universe and systems. Students will explore questions ranging from how you can make an electrical car move faster to why big waves block the entrance to some New Zealand harbours.

With this follow-up to the award-winning Notable Notebooks, you can help kids discover what data - and scientists - can do! Exemplary Evidence highlights how a diverse range of scientists, including Marie Tharp and Russell Stands-Over-Bull, have used measurements, mapping, and even sketches to make all kinds of breakthroughs.

Why do some birds have beaks like straws, or pouches, or even daggers? Invite students to find out by reading this story of a child and two growns on a jaunt that sparks all kinds of questions. In addition to kindling kids' curiosity, the colourful book shows how the structure of birds' beaks plays a significant role in how birds function.

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.