From the forward by Charles T. Evans:This book is written for teachers of science. If you teach in a Christian school, Mays will help you to bring together the underlying theological issues that arise in science with a method that improves your students' grasp of the discipline and their competence in applying it. Even if you don't teach in a Christian school, this book can provide a roadmap out of the malaise of teaching science with little discernible effect on the majority of students.But this is also a book for people who care deeply about Christian education, generally. Mays blends pre-modern ideas about the natural world with disciplined attention to standard scientific practices. He defines what the goals of teaching science should be. And he clearly knows what he is talking about.From Teaching Science so that Students Learn Science:"Many students complete their high school programs knowing very little about science. Of course, this problem in not at all unique to Christian schools, but represents an educational crisis affecting our entire nation and threatening our technological leadership. This needs to change, and I have written this book in an effort to summarize pedagogical principles that are effective in enabling change to happen in the way our students are taught science and what they are expected to learn.Chapter titles:1. Core Principles for Instruction in Science2. Truth and Facts3. What is Science?4. The Cycle of Scientific Enterprise5. Verbal Matters6. Quantitative Matters7. Science as a Cumulative Discipline8. Grammar School and the Science Curriculum9. Laboratory Work and Lab Reports10. Making History Work in Your High School Class11. Dealing with Evolution

Teaching Science so That Students Learn Science

John D. Mays

Novare Science and Math

Solutions Manual to Accompany Physics: Modeling Nature

Ch. 1-9 of forthcoming textbook, Earth Science: God's World, Our Home. Published by Novare Science and Math during development of text so that customers can use the book in the fall of 2015 until the hardback is finished later in the year.

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Science & Math

Nelstead, Kevin

Earth Sciences

Complete solutions for problems contained in Chemistry for Accelerated Students

Solutions Manual to Accompany Chemistry for Accelerated Students

Mays, John

The purpose of the Novare Chemistry Supplement is to provide background to students who will be using our text Chemistry for Accelerated Students (CAS). CAS was specifically designed for accelerated sophomore students, concurrently enrolled in Algebra 2, who used our text Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry (ASPC) the previous year as freshmen. We would like for capable students to be able to use CAS for sophomore chemistry even if they did not study from ASPC the previous year. This supplement provides students with the necessary background to make that possible.

Novare Chemistry Supplement

Mays, John D.

Chemistry

Novare Physical Science

The activities in this book are the results of those years trying things out and improving my home-made apparatus to increase the reliability and accuracy of the results. These experiments and teacher demonstrations are the ones I presently do in my own classes, the little carts and friction boxes now gathering dust in a closet. Most of these experiments can be performed very inexpensively. In my descriptions I indicate how to do the experiment with little investment, making the experiments accessible to schools and homes with limited funds. Over the years I have enhanced some of these experiments with digital electronics for data collection. This makes the experiment more interesting to the students, who are surrounded with digital electronics and tend to find anything else uninteresting. The electronics also increase accuracy significantly, improving results and making the analysis more satisfying. But my experience has shown that the simple act of doing an experiment outside with a pickup truck is so exciting for the students that they will love it whether you collect force data with fancy digital equipment or with lowly bathroom scales purchased from a discount store, as I did for many years. If budgetary constraints are an issue for you, start doing the experiments without the fancy digital equipment. You can modify the experiment and add the electronics over time as funds become available. I know there are a lot of books out there with ideas for science experiments. But the emphasis in this book is on experiments that are captivating, are low cost (at least initially), provide solid opportunities to do physics (and a little chemistry), and use equipment that is either already familiar or worth knowing about. I hope some of these experiments will enhance your own classes.  

Experiments for Physics: Modeling Nature

Experiments, Instruments & Measurement

Six experiments to accompany Introductory Physics and ASPC <ul>
<li>The Pendulum Lab</li> <li>The Soul of Motion Lab</li> <li>The Hot Wheels Lab</li> <li>DC Circuits</li> <li>The Solubility Lab</li> <li>The Density Lab</li> </ul>
Experiments are designed to teach students how to function in a laboratory, how to take measurements, how to calculate and account for error, how to use new equipment, and how to create a proper lab report on a computer from scratch. From the intro: " The activities in this book are the results of those years trying things out and improving my home-made apparatus to increase the reliability and accuracy of the results. These experiments and teacher demonstrations are the ones I presently do in my own classes, the little carts and friction boxes now gathering dust in a closet. Most of these experiments can be performed very inexpensively. In my descriptions I indicate how to do the experiment with little investment, making the experiments accessible to schools and homes with limited funds. Over the years I have enhanced some of these experiments with digital electronics for data collection. This makes the experiment more interesting to the students, who are surrounded with digital electronics and tend to find anything else uninteresting. The electronics also increase accuracy significantly, improving results and making the analysis more satisfying. But my experience has shown that the simple act of doing an experiment outside with a pickup truck is so exciting for the students that they will love it whether you collect force data with fancy digital equipment or with lowly bathroom scales purchased from a discount store, as I did for many years. If budgetary constraints are an issue for you, start doing the experiments without the fancy digital equipment. You can modify the experiment and add the electronics over time as funds become available. I know there are a lot of books out there with ideas for science experiments. But the emphasis in this book is on experiments that are captivating, are low cost (at least initially), provide solid opportunities to do physics (and a little chemistry), and use equipment that is either already familiar or worth knowing about. I hope some of these experiments will enhance your own classes."

Experiments for Introductory Physics and ASPC

This solutions manual contains fully detailed solutions for all of the computational problems contained in my text Accelerated Studies in Physics and Chemistry (ASPC). Teachers and students using that text should find this manual to be a valuable resource. When comparing your results to the results shown here and to those in the text, keep in mind that the last digit is always uncertain because of the way significant digits in measurements are defined. When two results match except for a small difference in the most precise digit, we say that the results match. Because of rounding in calculators, it will not be uncommon for results shown here to differ from the answer key in the text or from your result by or two in the most precise digit. I have checked and double checked the solutions to make them as accurate as possible. However, in any manual of this kind it is inevitable that errors remain. If you find an error, we would be much obliged if you would inform us of it by sending an email to info@novarescienceandmath.com. ASPC is a physical science text intended for accelerated 9th grade students. It aligns with the "physics first" paradigm advocated by Novare Science &amp; Math. For more information on our mission and products, please visit http://novarescienceandmath.com

Solutions Manual for ASPC

Education & Teaching

Mays, Rebekah L.

Schools & Teaching

Uniting the historic Christian faith with up-to-date geological science, Novare’s new text, Earth Science: God’s World, Our Home, is the textbook that many Christian educators have longed for. This new text is presented in a style aimed at drawing students into close engagement with the subject matter, providing a solid education and fostering a sense of wonder and responsibility for God’s amazing world. This text is appropriate for middle school-aged students. It includes all the popular characteristics of Novare textbooks: smaller profile, fresh, relevant graphics, lucid conversational prose, and an approach that connects students with real-world science as stewards of God’s creation. Earth Science should be about much more than learning about rocks and mountains and the seasons. Think about how huge God’s mandate to humans is that we are to steward and exhibit vice regency over creation! The best Christian curriculum will bring students into the wonder of God’s astounding creation and foster the mind of a gracious and caring steward. Within the context of the fascinating study of landforms, minerals and planetary phenomena, many other timely and important topics are covered including conservation of natural resources, climate change, pollution, environmental justice, and the current scientific consensus concerning geologic history. Novare’s proven educational methodology is on every page: Mastery, Integration, and Kingdom Perspective. The method and assignments are designed so that students re-encounter important concepts from the beginning of the book all the way to the end, building a mastery of content and aiding retention. Other subjects are integrated where possible to enhance connection with math, language use, history, philosophy and other subjects. Finally, the narrative is in the voice of a Christian believer who loves science; the Christian worldview is integrated in a mature, elegant way.

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