Mixing
It Up: Integrated, Interdisciplinary Intriguing Science in the Elementary ClassroomGrades K–8
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Mixing
It Up: Integrated, Interdisciplinary Intriguing Science in the Elementary Classroom
Grades K–8
This book—a compilation of 25 practical articles from NSTA’s elementary school journal, Science and Children—offers a wealth of lesson plans and idea starters using interdisciplinary, integrated, and thematic approaches. Discover how a language arts unit on survival can include student inquiry into properties of ice, ways to improve students’ observational skills as they write haiku about nature, how to use data collection and math in mapping the ocean floor, and more. To engage students schoolwide or in the great outdoors, several articles offer project-based interdisciplinary units that are widely adaptable.
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Teaching
Science with Everyday Things
Grades K–8
Among the broad range of topics covered: measuring and estimating, air and weather, plants and animals, forces, sound, electricity, magnets, light, heat, and astronomy. True to its title, Teaching Science with Everyday Things is a great source of firsthand experiences that teach life, Earth, and physical sciences without requiring unusual, elaborate, or expensive apparatus and materials.
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Science
Is... A Source Book of Fascinating Facts, Projects and Activities
Grades K–8
Looking for a hassle-free resource that works? This enormous, hyper-organized volume is packed with hands-on experiments, projects, puzzles, games, plays, stories, cartoons, and plenty of background information. Activities have been tested and use readily available, inexpensive materials. The result of eight years of research, the book covers all areas of science.
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