Download or read book Exploring Safely A Guide to Elementary Teachers written by Terry Kwan and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploring Safely written by Terry Kwan and published by National Science Teachers Assn. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take the fear out of science lessons. This easy-to-digest book relieves many of the safety worries that come with teaching science in elementary school. The emphasis is on positive options for heading off potential hazzards, from handling special equipment to conducting field studies. Chapters cover: making safe work habits second nature to students; equipping your classroom for safety and convenience, including organizational systems for preparation, setup, and cleanup; choosing and culturing live plants and animals for classroom study; and working safely with electricitiy, chemicals, and volunteers. A special added ingredient: model forms that can be adapted for your needs, including permission slips and student contracts. Best of all, a wealth of anecdotes about what works, and what doesn't, in real-life classrooms makes Exploring Safely enjoyable to read as well as to reference.
Download or read book Inquiring Safely written by Terry Kwan and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not your average safety guide, this is a uniquely readable resource from experienced teachers who know both middle school science content and how middle school students behave. New and veteran teachers alike can use Inquiring Safely to develop better approaches to equip labs, dispose of chemicals and other hazardous materials, maintain documentation, and organise field trips.
Download or read book Safety in the Elementary Science Classroom written by Juliana Texley and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ItOCOs a safety resource your classroom should not be without! As attractive as a poster and as convenient to use as a calendar, the completely updated Safety in the Elementary Classroom flipchart is a quick-read resource on how to prevent or solve safety problems as they arise. It offers step-by-step instructions on such essential topics as: .: .; In case of accident.; Fire protection.; Plants in the classroom.; First aid.; Animals in the classroom.; Field trips.; Fire prevention and control.; Storage and labeling.; Safe use of equipment and materials."
Download or read book Picture Perfect Science Lessons written by Karen Rohrich Ansberry and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this newly revised and expanded 2nd edition of Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, classroom veterans Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan, who also coach teachers through nationwide workshops, offer time-crunched elementary educators comprehensive background notes to each chapter, new reading strategies, and show how to combine science and reading in a natural way with classroom-tested lessons in physical science, life science, and Earth and space science.
Download or read book NSTA Guide to Planning School Science Facilities written by LaMoine L. Motz and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides guidance and tools for planning a school science facility, discussing general room design, budget, furnishings, and other related topics and discussing safety, accessibility, and legal guidelines.
Download or read book Teaching with Purpose written by Ann K. Fathman and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making a case for a research-based teaching rationale -- Elements of a research-based rationale -- Developing a research-based rationale -- Implementing your rationale and becoming a mentor
Download or read book The NSTA Ready Reference Guide to Safer Science Vol 3 written by Kenneth Russell Roy and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Schoolyard Science written by Thomas R. Lord and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 101 easy and inexpensive activities to do on school grounds, Schoolyard Science can help students develop their observation and inquiry skills as well as an appreciation of their outdoor environment. Covering topics such as lower plants, gardens, insects and other invertebrates, energy, and Earth science, Thomas Lord and Holly Travis provide activities that will help teachers become more comfortable with incorporating the outdoors into their curriculum.
Download or read book The NSTA Ready reference Guide to Safer Science written by Kenneth Russell Roy and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a compendium of 39 Scope on Safety columns from Science Scope, NSTA's member journal for middle schools. As a science educator, you know the importance of using best safety practices to protect your students physically during hands-on science instruction. But do you know how to protect yourself legally even in aging facilities and crowded labs? Learn the regulations and how to apply them with this clear, easy-to-use guide to both safety practices and legal standards.
Download or read book Rise and Shine written by Linda Froschauer and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rise and Shine provides a friendly support system that new science teachers can turn to in their first days, months, and even years in the classroom. This easy-to-read book offers plenty of helpful techniques for managing the classroom, maintaining discipline, and working with parents. But it also covers important topics unique to science teaching, such as setting up a laboratory, keeping the classroom safe, and initiating inquiry from the first day. Sprinkled throughout the book is candid advice from seasoned science teachers who offer both useful strategies and warm reassurance. Rise and Shine is designed to help preservice teachers, those in the first few years of teaching (regardless of grade level), and those who may be entering a new situation within the teaching field. If you need a mentor-or if you are a mentor or instructor who wants to support beginning science teachers-this book is for you.
Download or read book Designing and Teaching the Elementary Science Methods Course written by Sandra K. Abell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide for elementary science teacher educators outlines the theory, principles, and strategies they need to know in order to plan and carry out instruction for future elementary science teachers, and provides classroom examples anchored to those principles. The book is grounded in the theoretical framework of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK).
Download or read book More Chemistry Basics written by William C. Robertson and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overwhelmed by orbitals? Terrified of thermodynamics? Agitated by acids and bases? Have no fear! This follow-up to the award-winning Chemistry Basics will clear up your chemistry woes. In More Chemistry Basics, the ninth book in the bestselling Stop Faking It! series, author Bill Robertson introduces additional chemistry concepts and explains science basics using easy-to-follow activities that help teachers learn the fundamentals.
Download or read book Brain powered Science written by Thomas O'Brien and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Art of Teaching Science written by Jack Hassard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Teaching Science emphasizes a humanistic, experiential, and constructivist approach to teaching and learning, and integrates a wide variety of pedagogical tools. Becoming a science teacher is a creative process, and this innovative textbook encourages students to construct ideas about science teaching through their interactions with peers, mentors, and instructors, and through hands-on, minds-on activities designed to foster a collaborative, thoughtful learning environment. This second edition retains key features such as inquiry-based activities and case studies throughout, while simultaneously adding new material on the impact of standardized testing on inquiry-based science, and explicit links to science teaching standards. Also included are expanded resources like a comprehensive website, a streamlined format and updated content, making the experiential tools in the book even more useful for both pre- and in-service science teachers. Special Features: Each chapter is organized into two sections: one that focuses on content and theme; and one that contains a variety of strategies for extending chapter concepts outside the classroom Case studies open each chapter to highlight real-world scenarios and to connect theory to teaching practice Contains 33 Inquiry Activities that provide opportunities to explore the dimensions of science teaching and increase professional expertise Problems and Extensions, On the Web Resources and Readings guide students to further critical investigation of important concepts and topics. An extensive companion website includes even more student and instructor resources, such as interviews with practicing science teachers, articles from the literature, chapter PowerPoint slides, syllabus helpers, additional case studies, activities, and more. Visit http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415965286 to access this additional material.
Download or read book Chemistry Basics written by William C. Robertson and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do the words using "periodic table" send chills down your spine? Are you anxious about atomic structure? Confounded by chemical equations? Relax! The cure for chemistry confusion is within reach, coutesy of this newly available book in the Stop Faking It! series. Best-selling author Bill Robertson takes a fresh approach to chemistry fundamentals by helping you understand them from the ground up. Instead of hounding you to memorize the charatersitics of atoms and the periodic table, Chemistry Basics will help you see those characteristics as a natural consequence of our understanding of atomic structure. You will learn not just that atoms behave in certain ways, but why they behave in that way. You will learn not just how to balance chemical equations, but why in the world you would want to! You will also learn not just that carbon is a building block of thousands of organic compounds, but why carbon is suited for this purpose.
Download or read book A Head Start on Science written by William C. Ritz and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the littlest scientists, the whole wide world can be a laboratory for learning. Nurture their natural curiosity with A Head Start on Science, a treasury of 89 hands-on science activities specifically for children ages 3 to 6. The activities are grouped into seven stimulating topic areas: the five senses, weather, physical science, critters, water and water mixture, seeds, and nature walks.
