This book takes big, complex ideas (how ecological pressures shape the evolutionary processes of adaptation and natural selection) and anchors them in a setting kids will love learning about -- the Galapagos Islands. The hands-on activities, games, and investigations in Ecology and Evolution will guide your students to explore integrated topics from biology and Earth science. Each lesson has a section on the Standards, assessment rubrics, and suggestions."

Ecology and Evolution: Islands of Change

Children's Books

Benz, Richard

Science, Nature & How It Works

National Science Teachers Association Press

"Using Science Notebooks in Elementary Classrooms" is the must-have resource for teaching reading and reasoning skills in the primary grades. Learning science involves both the process of thinking and the ability to communicate those thoughts, and one of the most effective ways of building these skills is through the use of science notebooks. Mike Klentschy's book is designed for teachers who are beginning to use or would like to extend their use of notebooks in the classroom. Research-based best practices such as scaffolds, sentence starters, and writing prompts are clearly explained and illustrated. Examples of student work are included to provide insight for better instructional strategies. A discussion of the needs of English language learners and how notebooks helps increase language fluency and writing proficiency will be of particular interest to many teachers. And research-based practices show the use of science notebooks to be an effective assessment tool.

Using Science Notebooks in Elementary Classrooms

Education & Teaching

Michael P. Klentschy

Schools & Teaching

As urbanization and populations increase, it becomes increasingly more important that we understand the given relationships between the trends in our behavior and the ecological impacts they impart. Of particular importance is the fragile state of a great number of our watersheds, which provide not only drainage areas from our rivers and streams, but also drinking water for human and animal populations alike. Watershed Investigations: 12 Labs for High School Science provides high school educators with a series of broad-based, hands-on experiments designed to help students understand the relationships between human impact and local hydrology. Covering a range of disciplines including geology, chemistry, Earth science, botany, and biology this volume gives educators lesson plans that will interest the student and meet a wide array of state and national curricular standards. The book includes twelve customizable labs, each with extensive background and reference information designed to allow students to share the excitement of discovery along with the methods of scientific research and relevant examples of textbook subject material. Labs include: Modeling Glacier Features with Sand Glacial Features of a Watershed Plant Identifications Wetland Delineation Measuring Plant Allelopathy Stream Channel Morphology Calculating Stream Discharge Flood Frequency Analysis for a River Comparison of Phosphorous Levels in Stream Sediments Macroinvertebrate Identification Factors that Affect Eutrophication Groundwater Contamination The flexible formats of these labs can be customized to fit any teaching style and can be adapted to fit either inquiry-based or traditional methods based on the given class and situation. Additionally, the book contains helpful reference materials and appendices that include a history of the watershed, resources for additional information, and rubrics for writing classroom laboratory reports. An exceptional example of proactive ecological education, Watershed Investigations will give students real-world experiential learning opportunities to understand abstract environmental concepts with concrete scientific detail.

Watershed Investigations: 12 Labs for High School Science

Engineering & Transportation

Soukhome, Jennifer

Peaslee, Graham

Van Faasen, Carl

Statema, William

Engineering

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