Best Practices for Teaching Science : What

Join Randi Stone as she visits the classrooms of award-winning teachers to observe their tried-and-tested best practices for teaching science to elementary, middle school, and high school learners. Explore inquiry-based strategies for building student confidence and achievement as Stone's teachers demonstrate how to use robotics, rockets, straw-bale greenhouses, expedition learning, technology and music, independent research study, and much more. This book is packed with lessons that work and ideas that will expand the instructional repertoires of new and veteran teachers alike.

Preface	p. vii
About the Author	p. ix
About the Contributors	p. xi
Expeditionary Learning Receives Prestigious Toyota Tapestry Grant: Project Dracula	p. 1
Less Is More...Really	p. 5
More Than Just Rockets	p. 11
Gravity	p. 15
Making Microbes Fun	p. 25
Building Our Curriculum as We Build a Straw-Bale Greenhouse	p. 29
Real-World Science Engagement	p. 33
A Method for Inquiry Science	p. 39
Using Technology and Music to Motivate Science Students	p. 43
The Power of Building a Positive Classroom Climate	p. 47
Mission Possible	p. 51
Robots: From Science Fiction to Science Fact	p. 55
A Different Kind of Service	p. 59
Environmental Studies Enhance Middle School Education	p. 67
An Independent Student Research Program Implemented in a Rural Michigan Community	p. 71
An Inquiry-Based, Student-Centered Approach	p. 75
One Very Special Evening of Science	p. 81
Index	p. 87
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Best Practices for Teaching Science : What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do

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