Head to Toe Science: Over 40 Eye-Popping, Spine-Tingling,
Heart-Pounding ActivitiesThat Teach Kids about the Human Body Head to Toe Science: Over 40 Eye-Popping, Spine-Tingling,
Heart-Pounding ActivitiesThat Teach Kids about the Human Body
Grades K–8
From its silly title on, this lively book promotes serious fun with 46 active projects for learning about the body’s many systems, including brain, circulatory, skeletal, and reproductive. It’s written for students but organized to help teachers, thanks to clear explanations of physiological principles, simple procedures and materials lists, and "Science in Action" boxes that link classroom experiments to real life.
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Bottle Biology: Exploring
the World Through Soda Bottles and Other Recyclable Materials
Grades K–8
An NSTA best-seller, this wonderfully illustrated, spiral-bound lab book uses soda bottles and film cans to create complete ecoystems. Activities include modeling a rainforest, building a decomposition column, and designing a gardening system. Each chapter contains construction details, background readings, and assessment questions. Adaptable to all ages and skill levels.
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How
to Use Problem-Based Learning in the Classroom
Grades K–12
Create an exciting and active classroom with problem-based learning. While students explore and solve problems that are relevant to their lives, you teach them required content and valuable problem-solving skills. Includes sample problems, lesson ideas, and steps to creating a problem-based unit. Produced by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).
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