Title:
Best practices for teaching science : what award-winning classroom teachers do
Publication Information:
Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2007
Physical Description:
xvi, 89 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781412924573
General Note:
Includes index
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Summary
Summary
Connect your students to science projects that are intriguing and fun!
Let Randi Stone and her award-winning teachers demonstrate tried-and-tested best practices for teaching science in diverse elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
Linked to companion volumes for teaching writing and mathematics, this resource for new and veteran educators helps build student confidence and success through innovative approaches for raising student achievement in science, such as:
Expeditionary learning, technology and music, and independent research study Model lessons in environmental studies and real-world science Inquiry-based strategies using robotics, rockets, straw-bale greenhouses, "Project Dracula," "Making Microbes Fun," and more!With engaging activities weaving through science fact and fiction to lead learners on intriguing journeys of discovery, this guide is sure to fascinate and inspire both you and your students!
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| About the Author |
| About the Contributors |
| 1 Expeditionary Learning Receives Prestigious Toyota Tapestry Grant: Project DraculaPeter M. Menth |
| 2 Less Is More . . . ReallyStanley A. Wawrzyniak |
| 3 More Than Just RocketsDouglas L. Bailer |
| 4 GravityCarol J. Skousen |
| 5 Making Microbes FunJason E. Hughes |
| 6 Building Our Curriculum as We Build a Straw-Bale GreenhouseSally Ogilvie |
| 7 Real-World Science EngagementKim Reining Gray |
| 8 A Method for Inquiry ScienceMark Goldner |
| 9 Using Technology and Music to Motivate Science StudentsBrenda Zabel |
| 10 The Power of Building a Positive Classroom ClimateCindy Corlett |
| 11 Mission PossiblePam Roller |
| 12 Robots: From Science Fiction to Science FactLindsey Prentice |
| 13 A Different Kind of ServiceDeborah Perryman |
| 14 Environmental Studies Enhance Middle School EducationNancy Elliott |
| 15 An Independent Student Research Program Implemented in a Rural Michigan CommunityJeff Shull |
| 16 An Inquiry-Based, Student-Centered ApproachJeff Shull |
| 17 One Very Special Evening of ScienceFrieda Taylor Aiken |
| Index |
