"STEM Lesson Essentials moves beyond the rhetoric and provides knowledge, tools, models, and examples that make STEM a reality of teaching and learning in classrooms." -Rodger Bybee, Executive Director (Retired), Biological Sciences Curriculum Study Want to know how to implement authentic STEM teaching and learning into your classroom? STEM Lesson Essentials provides all the tools and strategies you'll need to design integrated, interdisciplinary STEM lessons and units that are relevant and exciting to your students. With clear definitions of both STEM and STEM literacy, the authors argue that STEM in itself is not a curriculum, but rather a way of organizing and delivering instruction by weaving the four disciplines together in intentional ways. Rather than adding two new subjects to the curriculum, the engineering and technology practices can instead be blended into existing math and science lessons in ways that engage students and help them master 21st century skills. STEM Lesson Essentials shows teachers how to begin the STEM integration journey with: <ul>
<li>five guiding principles for effective STEM instruction</li> <li>classroom examples of what these principles look like in action</li> <li>sample activities that put all four STEM fields into practice</li> <li>lesson planning templates for STEM units.</li> </ul>
Explicit connections are made among the STEM practices, including the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice and the Framework for K-12 Science Education, helping you easily recognize ways in which STEM lessons can engage students in multiple standards at the same time. With ideas that are practical and achievable in any classroom, STEM Lesson Essentials will give you the confidence and knowledge to weave engineering and technology concepts into your math and science curriculum. STEM teaching doesn't have to be hard. You just have to get started. Try it out with STEM Lesson Essentials, and watch student understanding, achievement, and motivation soar.

STEM Lesson Essentials, Grades 3-8: Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Education & Teaching

Sneider, Cary

Vasquez, Jo Anne

Comer, Michael

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann

Color Analyzers (Old Edition)

GEMS-Regents of the Univ of CA

For grades 6-10, for planning and conducting controlled experiments, measuring in degrees and meters, graphing and interpreting data. Themes are rocketry, technology and triangulation. Complete lessons for seven 45-minute sessions.

Experimenting With Model Rockets

Parenting & Relationships

Univ. of California

Height-O-Meters Teacher's Guide, Grades 6-10

GEMS/Great Explorations in Math & Science

Insights &amp; Outcomes: Assessments for Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS)

Insights & Outcomes: Assessments for Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Tucker, Laura

Barber, Jacqueline

Bergman, Lincoln

Hosoume, Kimi

Goodman, Jan M.

Lipner, Linda

Crafts & Hobbies

Lawrence Hall of Science / University of California at Berkeley

The Gems Teacher's Handbook

Stage, Elizabeth

Gems

Building on collaborative work between SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute and the Lawrence Hall of Science, Messages from Space takes advantage of our fascination with extraterrestrial to catalyze study of the solar system and beyond. The activities create an exciting context for students to engage in creative learning, gaining a great deal of astronomical knowledge. 
The unit begins when students attempt to decode a fictitious message from outer space. Imagining that they are SEIT scientists, students begin to analyze, where, in the solar system and beyond, there may be conditions favorable for life. They investigate how our solar system and other planetary systems may have formed, and consider how what we know about the solar system and other planetary systems fits into a bigger picture of the universe. Throughout, students consider whether life could exist "out there" and, if so, how we might communicate with those life forms. Students also gain valuable experience distinguishing science fact from sensationalized fiction.

Messages from Space: The Solar System and Beyond : Grades 5-8

Beals, Kevin

Erickson, John.

Children's Books

Students observe the passage of hundreds of thousands of years without leaving their desks! By creating desktop river models, students observe how rivers, canyons, deltas, and other geological formations change over time. The river models enable students to gain experience with concepts such as geological time, erosion, and pollution.

River Cutters: Teacher's Guide

Science & Math

Barrett, Katharine

Nature & Ecology

This new handbook is designed to assist teachers and administrators who are responsible for planning school and district science programs chart a course through the maze of new national and state standards, benchmarks, and frameworks. Part I of The Architecture of Reform is intended for readers who want to become familiar with the key documents in science education reform so that they can decide which documents they want to spend more time on and then move ahead in the planning process.   Part II relates the vision and goals of these key reform documents to the GEMS series. The world of science and mathematics education, like the subject matter from which it springs, is in a constant state of ferment and change. As national standards and related guidelines and frameworks are discussed, debated, and, most importantly, implemented, more will be learned. Within this context of change, this handbook represents our attempt to synthesize the major building blocks of the leading reform documents and to summarize how well GEMS activities fit into that larger picture.

Architecture of Reform

Sneider, Cary I.

Why does an apple look red? Students investigate light and color, experimenting with diffraction gratings and color filters. The front cover contains a secret message for use in class activities; another image shows how scientists use color in space exploration. Understanding color is challenging, but with these compelling activities, including creating and decoding secret messages, solid understanding can be achieved. Rewritten to enhance the activities, provide clearer alignment with standards and more meaningful assessments.

Color Analyzers

Gould, Alan

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