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This is a brand new title in the successful 100 ideas series which provides secondary school science teachers with practical ideas and activities to use in their lessons as well as teaching and planning strategies to help make practice outstanding every day.

The author is a science teacher and winner of the Wellcome Trust Enthuse award for Science. He has a growing Twitter following and the book will be full of his really original and engaging science ideas. The book will include ideas on integrating literacy into science lessons, safety in the lab and ideas for challenging the more...

Do you like making your own STEM/STEAM projects, but you just need the seed of an idea to get you started? You've just found what you were looking for

50 Weeks of STEM Labs is a set of weekly plans focusing on a theme, such as a type of project or a specific material. Each week features 5 quick project starter ideas to do with that theme. This is enough project ideas for a whole school year and more You can even spend more time on projects that require more learning and exploration.

Choose the idea(s) you like from that theme and develop a quick...

The contribution of this book is to synthesize important common themes and highlight the unique features, findings, and lessons learned from three systematic, ongoing research and professional learning projects for supporting English learners in science. Each project, based in a different region of the U.S. and focused on different age ranges and target populations, actively grapples with the linguistic implications of the three-dimensional learning required by the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. Each chapter provides research-based...

Science learning that takes place between and at the intersections of formal and informal science environments has not been systematically reviewed to offer a comprehensive understanding of the existing knowledge base. Bringing together theory and research, this volume describes the various ways in which learning science in various settings has been conceptualized as well as empirical evidence to illustrate how science learning in these settings can be supported.

In recent years, digital badging systems have become a credible means through which learners can establish portfolios and articulate knowledge and skills for both academic and professional settings. "Digital Badges in Education "provides the first comprehensive overview of this emerging tool. A digital badge is an online-based visual representation that uses detailed metadata to signify learners specific achievements and credentials in a variety of subjects across K-12 classrooms, higher education, and workplace learning. Focusing on learning design, assessment, and concrete cases in...

Finally Teachers have been asking for this book for years. Easy-to-follow directions and accurate blueprints guide you in creating lessons your students will never forget. You can just talk about dinosaurs-or draw a full-size Tyrannosaurus Rex Kids can just read about pythons-or see how many steps it takes to walk the length of one Imagine the impact when kids arrive at school to find a life-sized blue whale drawn on the playground See how big Sputnik really was and the International Space Station truly is. Actual Size-Science also makes it easy to create smaller scale models of...

Everything you need to teach the scientific method in one handy resource. 11 colorful posters make it easy to create an engaging bulletin-board display. 8 fun activity sheets complement the bulletin board, focus students on essential knowledge, and emphasize student understanding of the 7 steps of the scientific method. A wonderful addition to any elementary classroom.

Grades 1 and Up

11 Colorful Posters 8 Fun Activity Sheets

Part of the Bulletin Board in a Book series