Science & Technology

For the upper elementary and middle school teacher, this unique resource offers 150 science puzzle activities ranging from word scrambles, word searches and categorizing, to variations on crosswords and min-problems solvers to help you add challenge and...

Packed with fun-filled word scrambles, categorization tasks, and writing activities, What's Up in Science? will develop critical thinking and analytical skills in your students. While solutions are provided for the puzzle exercises, some of the problems...

This is the second edition of Marvin N. Tolman's bestselling book Hands-On Life Science Activities for Grades K-6. Like all the books in The Science Problem-Solving Curriculum Library series, this revised edition offers compelling activities that help...

This collection of over 200 classroom-tested activities and reproducible worksheets for students in grades 7 through 12 covers vital concepts in human biology and health, including extensive coverage of AIDS. These high-interest lessons and worksheets...

The Road Map to Software Engineering: A Standards-Based Guide organizes relevant IEEE software and systems standards using two frameworks: the SWEBOK Guide's topical knowledge areas and the widely used IEEE/EIA 12207 standard. This useful guide is...

This is the conference proceedings for the 2016 Global Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (CTLT 2016), hosted by Aventis School of Management, Singapore. It includes papers by a group of international academics and researchers. It covers...

This is the conference proceedings for the 2015 Global Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (CTLT 2015), hosted by Aventis School of Management, Singapore. It includes papers by a group of international academics and researchers. It covers...

This book encapsulates the vision of Singapore science educators to bring the local elements of the country to bear in the science curriculum. In experimenting with familiar materials used and consumed in our everyday lives, and applying scientific...

Universities for years have been the bright spot in our educational system. Today, these institutions are under siege from multiple constituencies including students, parents, legislators, government officials and their own faculties. Education has...

Universities for years have been the bright spot in our educational system. Today, these institutions are under siege from multiple constituencies including students, parents, legislators, government officials and their own faculties. Education has...

Science touches all of our lives, every day, and should be a constant source of wonder and fascination - not something confined to the classroom. This book is for anybody who feels curious about ideas in science but lacks a strong background in the...

Are you a non-native English speaker? Are you often confronted with manuscript rejections because of poor language impeding comprehension of your paper? A Practical Guide to Scientific and Technical Translation is your solution. In this one-stop guide,...

This engaging and practical book offers science teacher educators and K-12 science teachers alike the tools to engage in a dialogic mode of collaborative action research (D-CAR), a collaborative mode of action research focused on teachers’ experiences...

Asia is the largest continent in the world. Five out of the top ten high performing economies in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 are located in Asia. Why do Asian students perform so well in STEM-related subjects? This book...

-Offers an interdisciplinary, four-lesson module using project- and problem-based learning to help students use the engineering design process (EDP) to design and create prototypes of compost systems -Written and developed for elementary school teachers,...

Let's be realistic here. Ordinary K-12 educators don't know what "cybersecurity" is and could probably care less about incorporating it into their lesson plans. Yet, teaching cybersecurity is a critical national priority. So, this book aims to cut...

Let's be realistic here. Ordinary K-12 educators don't know what "cybersecurity" is and could probably care less about incorporating it into their lesson plans. Yet, teaching cybersecurity is a critical national priority. So, this book aims to cut...

-Offers an interdisciplinary, three-lesson module using project- and problem-based learning to help students create an action plan to address issues of energy consumption and climate change, exploring the topic at both local and global levels by working...

What if you could challenge your ninth graders to use geologic theory and standards of measurement to explore different epochs and time periods of the Earth's formation? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Formation of...

What if you could challenge your eleventh graders to come up with a design solution for developing, managing, and utilizing mineral resources? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Mineral Resources outlines a journey...

What if you could challenge your seventh graders to become informed citizens by analyzing real-world implications of GMOs? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Genetically Modified Organisms outlines a journey that will...

What if you could challenge your kindergartners to come up with a way reduce human impact on the environment? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Our Changing Environment outlines a journey that will steer your students...

What if you could challenge your tenth graders to think about how innovation can make the world a better place for humans, while finding ways to sustain progress and conserve resources? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! ...

This groundbreaking handbook offers a contemporary and thorough review of research relating directly to the preparation, induction, and career long professional learning of K-12 science teachers.Through critical and concise chapters, this volume provides...

In its simplest form, the scientific method can be thought of as learning from our mistakes and trying to correct them. True scientists try to think rationally, never adopt dogmatic opinions and are always willing to listen to opposing views. They never...

In its simplest form, the scientific method can be thought of as learning from our mistakes and trying to correct them. True scientists try to think rationally, never adopt dogmatic opinions and are always willing to listen to opposing views. They never...

This book documents the political and economic ramifications of the policy impetus for a 'science of education' and what this means for classroom teachers, their teaching practices and for the field of education. In a critical exploration of current...

This collection, edited and written by the leading scholars and experts of innovation and maker education in Finland, introduces invention pedagogy, a research-based Finnish approach for teaching and learning through multidisciplinary, creative design...

This timely update of the popular Environmental Science Activities Kit includes more than 35 lessons for middle and high school science teachers on the most compelling and relevant environmental topics, such as global warming, food and water production,...

Teaching STEM Literacy is comprised of ready-made, open-ended lesson plans reviewed and tested by teachers, that help educators integrate STEM learning into the early childhood classroom. The lessons are written in the 5 E's format, and are linked to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588342515Author Johns Hopkins UniversityFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams)...

With the increasing focus on science education, growing attention is being paid to how science is taught. Educators in science and science-related disciplines are recognizing that distance delivery opens up new opportunities for delivering information,...

-Offers an interdisciplinary, eight-lesson module using project- and problem-based learning to help students explore the potential role of renewable and non-renewable energy sources in transportation, with an emphasis on the auto industry, designed to...

Differentiating Instruction with Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: Science for grades K-2 offers teachers who have multiple ability levels in one classroom everything they need to create a student-centered learning environment based on appropriate...

The long-awaited second edition of The Art of Teaching Primary School Science has evolved to meet the demands of schools in our rapidly changing society. Recognising that children have an innate curiosity about the natural world means that teaching...

Are you a non-native English speaker? Are you often confronted with manuscript rejections because of poor language impeding comprehension of your paper? A Practical Guide to Scientific and Technical Translation is your solution. In this one-stop guide,...

Students often think of science as disconnected pieces of information rather than a narrative that challenges their thinking, requires them to develop evidence-based explanations for the phenomena under investigation, and communicate their ideas in...

In this engaging design thinking adventure, students utilize STEM skills and creative thinking to research, design, and build prototypes of the underwater house of the future! After researching the effects of climate change on people throughout the...

"Dig It!, a third-grade earth science unit, encourages students to investigate humanity's effects on the environment and the importance of natural resources and conservation. The unit builds upon prior knowledge and the overarching concept of change...

Brad Buhrow and Anne Garcia are primary teachers in a diverse school in Boulder, Colorado. In Ladybugs, Tornadoes and Swirling Galaxies, you will see how they blend comprehension instruction and ELL best practices to explore inquiry as a literacy pathway...