Clones,
Cats, and Chemicals: Thinking Scientifically about Controversial IssuesNew Middle Level Books from NSTA Press
Clones,
Cats, and Chemicals: Thinking Scientifically about Controversial Issues
Grades 5–12
Does human cloning present a threat or an opportunity? Do common cats constitute a major threat to wildlife? Will the development of new chemical and biological weapons deter war or lead to it? If you want students to think—really think—about the science behind some of today’s toughest controversies, this book will give you the facts and the framework to provoke fascinating debates.
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How to Write to Learn Science 2nd Edition
Grades K–12
Make science an exhilarating process of discovery! Through a wealth of creative write-to-learn strategies, this book offers inspiring techniques to coax out the reluctant scientists in your classroom. Newly updated and expanded, this NSTA best seller is a storehouse of practical ideas and examples for use with students at all ability levels.
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Stop Faking It! Electricity
& Magnetism
Grades K–8
Shocked by static? Mixed up about magnets? Curious about currents? Get past memorizing all those electricity-related formulas, rules, and procedures so you can understand the subject at a level deep enough to teach it with confidence and comfort. Here to help is Electricity and Magnetism, the fifth title in the award-winning NSTA Press Stop Faking It! series.
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Doing
Good Science In Middle School
Grades 5–8
Just as middle schoolers are “wired” to learn in active, hands-on ways, this book is wired to help you spark a vital connection to these students to keep them tuned-in to science. Doing Good Science in Middle School combines practical insights about adolescent learners with what master teachers know about how to shift from passive, textbook-centered instruction to inquiry-based investigations.
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Stepping Up to Math and
Science
Grades K–8
It's a challenge educators at all grade levels face: How do you teach subjects your students can’t see, touch, or hear? You do it with models—which have gained new importance since the National Science Education Standards specifically recommended using models as an organizing framework for teaching and understanding science.
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Picture
Perfect Science Lessons
Grades K–8
Wouldn’t it be perfect if an expert combined the appeal of children’s picture books with Standards-based science content—and then offered you the ready-to-teach results? Picture-Perfect Science Lessons makes that exciting idea a reality. This delightful book for new and experienced elementary teachers presents 15 ready-to-teach lessons—complete with student pages and assessments—that use picture books to guide science inquiry explicitly tied to the National Science Education Standards.
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