Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Teaching - Subjects - Science & Technology

Have you ever had a dream you thought was too big to share-boldly? Well, this book is for you The Meteorologist In Me is an inspirational tale about a little girl named Summer with a big dream- to become a TV Meteorologist. She loves sharing weather facts with her family and friends and wonders why everyone laughs at the thought of her on T.V. Join Summer's journey as she overcomes her fears, conquers her doubts and gains the courage to reach for her dreams. The Meteorologist In Me encourages us to remember, we can do anything we put our minds to - no matter what

This book presents a series of practical activities designed to help teachers build an effective science curriculum for more able children. It focuses on: developing higher order thinking skills using conceptual language; directed activities relating to text for developing higher order skills; and in-depth study topics that emphasize a "real product" outcome. Activities range from short discussion topics and problems to solve, to whole-day masterclasses. Topics covered include: context enrichment - by team research/discussion and by visit plus follow-up work; general and science-based...

Ambitious and encouraging, this text for prospective and practicing elementary and middle school science teachers, grounded in contemporary science education reform, is a valuable resource that supplies concrete approaches to support the science and science-integrated engineering learning of each and every student. At its core it is based in the view that science is its own a culture, consisting of unique thought process, specialized communicating traditions, and distinctive methods and tools. Using culture as a starting point and connecting it to effective instructional approaches, the...

Ambitious and encouraging, this text for prospective and practicing elementary and middle school science teachers, grounded in contemporary science education reform, is a valuable resource that supplies concrete approaches to support the science and science-integrated engineering learning of each and every student. At its core it is based in the view that science is its own a culture, consisting of unique thought process, specialized communicating traditions, and distinctive methods and tools. Using culture as a starting point and connecting it to effective instructional approaches, the...