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Doing Good Science in Middle Schools: a Practical Guide to Inquiry-Based Instruction: NSTA.


www.nsta.org See .org.

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, Book, $24.95

This book combines insights about adolescent ad·o·les·cent
adj.
Of, relating to, or undergoing adolescence.

n.
A young person who has undergone puberty but who has not reached full maturity; a teenager.
 learners with what master teachers know about how to shift from passive, textbook-centered instruction to inquiry-based investigations. Designed to be a comprehensive practitioner's guide, the book has ideas for presenting curriculum, strategies for reaching all students and a research basic for justifying classroom practices. Ten "must-do" activities are at the book's core.

NSTA has also recently published Stepping Up to Science and Math: Exploring the Natural Connections ($19.95), a collection of 21 articles compiled from the science teacher organization's elementary school elementary school: see school.  member journal. The articles provide interdisciplinary in·ter·dis·ci·pli·nar·y  
adj.
Of, relating to, or involving two or more academic disciplines that are usually considered distinct.


interdisciplinary
Adjective
 options for linking inquiry-based activities to mathematics and other K-6 curriculum areas.

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