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Many would argue that the state of urban science education has been static for the past several decades and that there is little to learn from it. Rather than accepting this deficit perspective, Improving Urban Science Education strives to recognize and understand the successes that exist there by systematically documenting seven years of research into issues salient to teaching and learning in urban high school science classes. ... Read more

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This book fully employs a constructivist, inquiry-based approach.Journal activities promote reflective practice and explore personal conceptions about chapter concepts. Model lessons and a full unit of study give pre-service teachers samples of effective teaching plans. Margin notes provide definitions of important terms, guides for reflection on teaching strategies and National Science Teaching, Assessment and Professional Growth Standards.Pre- and in-service secondary school science teachers. ... Read more

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An oversized book with ambitious goals: That's the Atlas of Science Literacy. Asking-then answering-such vital questions as:

- What should students learn?
- When should they learn it and in what order?
- How does each strand of knowledge connect to other vital threads?

This new educational tool from AAAS's Project 2061 graphically depicts connections among the learning goals established in Benchmarks for Science Literacy and Science for all Americans. The Atlas is a collection of 50 linked maps that show exactly how students from kindergarten through 12th grade can expand their understanding and skills toward specific science-literacy goals. But the maps don't just show the sequence of Benchmark ideas that lead to a goal. They also show the connections across different areas of mathematics, technology, and science - including gravity, evolution and natural selection, the structure of matter, and the flow of matter ands energy in ecosystems. ... Read more

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Excellent Tool
I recently showed this book to the Elementary principal in my building. She was extremely excited and wanted to know where to buy a copy. We have been trying to design a county curriculum but our school has mostly dropped out of this because of the lack of direction or design in the process.

This book provides that direction and design. Although we may alter some things for our own curriculum, the idea of showing how understanding grows from kindergarten to the high school level is excellent. At many schools, including mine, there is no communication between grade levels.

At my high school, this is not a problem, but only because I teach every single science course from grades 7-12. I am able to create a unified curriculum, and am using this book to help me in that process.

I am finding much greater understanding, comprehension, and interest on the part of my students than I had before I started doing this. Most of the difficulties I have encountered are with the older students who are accustomed to a more "textbook-driven" curriculum from before I started teaching here.

I am hoping to make this tool available to the elementary staff as well so that we can have a good (or at least unified) K-12 curriculum that develops ideas instead of just tossing out whatever concepts the textbook discusses.

Page Keeley, Science Specialist
This book is a "must have" resource for science, mathematics, and technology educators who want to see the story of science teaching and learning unfold over time. These maps of ideas, which start with fundamental K-2 understandings, are constructed to show how ideas build over time, how they interconnect, which ideas lead to others, and what important prerequisites exist. This book will forever transform your thinking and planning for curriculum, instruction, and assessment. There is no other resource like this. Project 2061 has done it again- a simply elegant, extremely useful tool for standards-based educators! ... Read more

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This valuable activities-based book offering integrated experimental exercises appropriate for preservice mathematics and science teachers, and also serves as a practical resource for inservice teachers desiring knowledge on how to integrate mathematics and science with technology. This book explores a broad range of sciences: physics, earth science, chemistry and biology. Basic mathematics skills in algebra, statistics, and geometry are expanded by the use of classroom-appropriate technology such as graphing calculators, handheld data collection devices, and simple analytical instrumentation. The lessons presented in this experimental guidebook have all been field-tested. They work! Set-up time is minimal, chemicals used are mostly household available, and waste disposal is not a problem. Most chapters begin with a historical approach, laying the foundation in both mathematics and science. Readers are guided through one or more experimental exercises per concept.Inservice and preservice math and science teachers. ... Read more

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Let the current flow and watch faces light up, as students take part in a variety of activities designed to unveil the mysteries of electricity. This award-winning volume gets students involved hands-on with activities that explore these concepts: What is electricity? What is static electricity? What is a switch? bulbs, batteries, wires, testing circuits, and conductors and insulators.

Other activities: How does a switch work?, experimenting with static electricity, safety with current electricity, Where does electricity come from?, and more. Skills challenged include: predicting, observing, recording, following directions, cooperating, and critical thinking.

Everything's here to help you make each project a success -- organizational procedures, required and optional materials lists (readily available), teaching suggestions, and complete, step-by-step directions for all projects.

Also features a two-sided, full-color (one side) pull-out poster with an Is It a Complete Circuitgame on one side and Safety with Current Electricity on the other side. Illustrated throughout with helpful line art as well as fun recurring "mouse" characters. All 16 pages perforated for easy removal. ... Read more

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"To my knowledge, there has never [before] been a volume that analyzes, in one place, the actual language of science--those elements of thinking that are acknowledged to be the basis of scientific thought. . . . [Thus] this is a very important book, contributing to several fields: science, education, rhetoric, medicine, and perhaps even philosophy. . . . Darian's erudition is truly astonishing." --Celest A. Martin, Associate Professor, College Writing Program, University of Rhode IslandFrom astronomy to zoology, the practice of science proceeds from scientific ways of thinking. These patterns of thought, such as defining and classifying, hypothesizing and experimenting, form the building blocks of all scientific endeavor. Understanding how they work is therefore an essential foundation for everyone involved in scientific study or teaching, from elementary school students to classroom teachers and professional scientists.In this book, Steven Darian examines the language of science in order to analyze the patterns of thinking that underlie scientific endeavor. He draws examples from university science textbooks in a variety of disciplines, since these offer a common, even canonical, language for scientific expression. Darian identifies and focuses in depth on nine patterns--defining, classifying, using figurative language, determining cause and effect, hypothesizing, experimenting, visualizing, quantifying, and comparing--and shows how they interact in practice. He also traces how these thought modes developed historically from Pythagoras through Newton. ... Read more

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Identifies the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that enable pre-service and in-serviceteachers to teach ''good'' science in many different situations and programs. ... Read more

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This book shows elementary teachers how to integrate math, science and technology in a cooperative learning environment. ... Read more

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John Parkinson encourages teachers to reflect on their current teaching practice and guides them to improving their teaching and, consequently, their pupils learning. ... Read more

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For the upper elementary and middle school teacher, this unique resource offers 150 science puzzle activities ranging from word scrambles, word searches and categorizing, to variations on crosswords and min-problems solvers to help you add challenge and humor to instruction while keeping lessons moving at a steady pace. ... Read more

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Science/Technology/Society (S/T/S) is a reform effort to broaden science as a discipline in schools and colleges; to relate science to other facets of the curriculum; and to relate science specifically to technology and to the society that supports and produces new conceptualizations of both. S/T/S is also defined as the teaching and learning of science/technology in the context of human experience. It focuses on a method of teaching that recognizes the importance that experience in the real world has on the learning process. And it recognizes that real learning can occur only when the learner is engaged and able to construct her or his own meaning.

Science/Technology/Society as Reform in Science Education, is rich with examples of such teaching and learning. It includes impressive research evidence that illustrates that progress has been made and goals have been met. For teachers and administrators alike, this book provides and validates new visions for science education. ... Read more

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The human body is the fascinating place we all call home. Teach Yourself Human Anatomy and Physiology swings open the door so we can see inside clearly. The author uses timely and relevant topics such as genetics, sports injuries, the environment, and AIDS to explore structure and function in the body.

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Atlas of igneous rocks and their textures A companion volume to the Atlas of Rock-forming Minerals in Thin Section, this full-colour handbook is designed to be used as a laboratory manual both by elementary students of earth sciences undertaking a study of igneous rocks in thin section under the microscope, and by more advanced students and teachers as a reference work. The book is divided into two parts — Part One is devoted to photographs of many of the common textures found in igneous rocks with brief descriptions accompanying each photograph. Part Two illustrates the appearance of examples of some sixty of the commonest (and a few not so common) igneous rock types; each photograph is accompanied by a brief description of the field of view shown. Nearly 300 full-colour photographs are included, and in many cases the same view is shown both in plane-polarized light and under crossed polars. A brief account of how thin sections can be prepared is included as an appendix. It is believed that the amateur geologist using these instructions will be able to make his own thin sections and, with the aid of a relatively simple microscope, enjoy the study of rocks in thin section. ... Read more

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Useful book
It contains a lot of thin-section photo of igneous rocks. By reading the atlas of igneous rocks, we can classify their rocks type. It is a very great book for studying igneous rock. ... Read more

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Students of medicine and the life sciences will appreciate the special perspective of this invaluable study guide. It explains how physics principles and concepts apply in these particular fields, including more than 70 drawings and graphs to help students visualize, understand and remember the relationships. The hundreds of problems solved step-by-step also help boost learning and grades by reinforcing the ideas and aiding recall.

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Replete with errors.
A very poorly-compiled book. Spend the money to get a good textbook, or the Nova series physics review (for the MCAT), which is much better. Formulas are incorrect, calculations done wrong, etc. Will have you pulling your hair out. A waste of time. ... Read more