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The Sourcebook for Teaching Science. The Sourcebook for Teaching Science – Strategies, Activities, and Instructional Resources, provides new and experienced teachers a wealth of teaching strategies, resources, lessons, activities, and ideas to enhance the teaching and learning of physics, chemistry, biology, and the earth and space sciences. Resources are based on learning theory, and are designed to stimulate student interest and involvement. As students engage in the activities of this book, they develop higher order reasoning skills, and a deeper understanding of scientific concepts and their relevance to their everyday life.

The Sourcebook for Teaching Science is designed to complement any secondary school science curriculum. Science teachers will find ready-to-use demonstrations, experiments, illustrations, games, puzzles, analogies, lessons, activities, and strategies, as well as explanations of how to adapt these for English learners and diverse student populations. Norman Herr, Ph.D. Visitors - since February 2006. Middle School Lessons. Efficient, Effective Teaching. Students learn best when they actively participate in the learning process, when they are engaged and motivated to learn, and when they can build on their existing knowledge and understanding (NRC, 2000). New faculty members are most successful when they work moderately, even on their teaching (Boice, 2000 ). The pages and resources below will help you to become an effective teacher, efficiently. Jump down to Effective Course Design * Teaching Efficiently * Building Your Teaching Case for Tenure * Learning Styles * Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit * Teaching Large Classes * Keeping Research Seminars Lively and Engaging * Assessing What Your Students Are Learning Students in Carol Ormand's Structural Geology course measure folds in the southern Appalachians.

Photo courtesy of Carol Ormand. Effective Course Design Effective teaching begins with effective course design. Teaching Efficiently As a relatively new faculty member, you may find yourself spending every available minute on teaching. National Science Teachers Association - Science & Education Resource. Back-in-Time Travel Brochure. Subjects World History Grades [facebookbadge] Brief Description A time machine has enabled us to travel back in time.

Students learn about periods in history by creating travel brochures for time travelers. Objectives Students learn about what makes a good travel brochure by thinking critically about brochures they have studied. Keywords ancient, Egypt, travel, brochure Materials Needed[shopmaterials] library or Internet access Microsoft Publisher (optional) The Lesson Note: This lesson can be used for a wide range of social studies and history topics. Before the Lesson It might be a good idea to collect a wide variety of travel brochures from travel agents and other sources. Technology Options I had students use Microsoft Publisher for this assignment.

Students will work in small groups to create a brochure. Each brochure was required to include Additional Instructions to Students Introduction: Imagine that you are a resident of Ancient Egypt. This is what you do: Prepare your information: Khan Academy. Directory of Educational Resources on the Web. Goessel USD 411. Go.edustar - Teachers Online.

Scientific American Frontiers . For Educators. Print FRONTIERS teaching materials with just one click! Check out the PDF versions of our most recent guides. Find some great ideas for class science projects in Alan Recommends. Test your students with our online Quiz for each show. Correct quizzes can be entered into a drawing for a prize! Teaching Materials Each SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS program is accompanied by an online teaching guide filled with science activities.

Each activity is written to the student, with a separate page for answers where appropriate, and National Science Standards and Curriculum Links. Most Recent Teaching Guides Season 15 Teaching Guides (Fall 2004-Spring 2005) Surgical Slimmers - Premiered January 19, 2005 Cars That Think - Premiered January 26, 2005 Going Deep - Premiered February 2, 2005 Chimp Minds - Premiered February 9, 2005 Hot Planet - Cold Comfort - Premiered February 16, 2005 Hydrogen Hopes - Premiered February 23, 2005 Hidden Motives - Premiered March 2, 2005 Don't Forget! Ideas Worth Spreading. Teacher Freebies - Free stuff for Teachers. Freebies for Teachers Free Samples for Teachers. Stossel Free 2015 Stossel In The Classroom DVD For Teachers Rent Calculators Free set of 6" wood rulers for your students. Free Coal Sample Kit for Teachers For the growing number of classroom teachers in grades 3-5 that are seeking high-interest, hands-on science activities, the American Coal Foundation is now making available Coal Sample Kits VariQuest for Educators Request your FREE Sample Kit.

Learn how you can personalize learning, differentiate instruction, reward academic progress and communicate the most important information with engaging classroom displays. Free Colgate Bright Smiles Bright Futures Kit for Teachers (2015 Kits) - Free Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, storybook & More (2015 edition) Pteranodon Free Dinosaur Train Educational Resources - Toolkit & Poster Classroom Victory Garden FREE Classroom Victory Garden Project poster NASA Free Discovery & New Frontiers Space Thrills Poster for teachers of K-4 students Free DVD for Educators Free 2014 Stossel in the Classroom DVD. Science Lesson Plans and Resources. Awesome Science Teacher Resources. New York Science Teacher. New York Science Teacher is your home for science labs, demonstrations, lesson plans, activities, worksheets, notes, regents review material, educational related information & more! The goal of "New York Science Teacher" is to create a central point where all Science Teachers can come to access the vast resources created by other teachers.

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