Preface About the Author About the Contributors 1. Expeditionary Learning Receives Prestigious Toyota Tapestry Grant: Project Dracula - Peter M. Menth, California 2. Less Is More . . . Really - Stanley A. Wawrzyniak, New Hampshire 3. More Than Just Rockets - Douglas L. Bailer, Alabama 4. Gravity - Carol J. Skousen, Utah 5. Making Microbes Fun - Jason E. Hughes, West Virginia 6. Building Our Curriculum as We Build a Straw-Bale Greenhouse - Sally Ogilvie, Utah 7. Real-World Science Engagement - Kim Reining Gray, Georgia 8. A Method for Inquiry Science - Mark Goldner, Massachusetts 9. Using Technology and Music to Motivate Science Students - Brenda Zabel, Nebraska 10. The Power of Building a Positive Classroom Climate - Cindy Corlett, Colorado 11. Mission Possible - Pam Roller, Indiana 12. Robots: From Science Fiction to Science Fact - Lindsey Prentice, Indiana 13. A Different Kind of Service - Deborah Perryman, Illinois 14. Environmental Studies Enhance Middle School Education - Nancy Elliott, Missouri 15. An Independent Student Research Program Implemented in a Rural Michigan Community - Jeff Shull, Michigan 16. An Inquiry-Based, Student-Centered Approach - Jeff Shull, Michigan 17. One Very Special Evening of Science - Frieda Taylor Aiken, Georgia Index
Connect your students to science projects that are intriguing and fun! Let Randi Stone and her award-winning teachers demonstrate tried-and-tested best practices for teaching science in diverse elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. Linked to companion volumes for teaching writing and mathematics, this resource for new and veteran educators helps build student confidence and success through innovative approaches for raising student achievement in science, such as: Expeditionary learning, technology and music, and independent research study Model lessons in environmental studies and real-world science Inquiry-based strategies using robotics, rockets, straw-bale greenhouses, "Project Dracula," "Making Microbes Fun," and more! With engaging activities weaving through science fact and fiction to lead learners on intriguing journeys of discovery, this guide is sure to fascinate and inspire both you and your students!
Randi Stone is the author of nine Corwin Press books: Best Practices for Teaching Reading: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Writing: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, Best Practices for Teaching Mathematics: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do, and Best Practices for Teaching Science: What Award-Winning Classroom Teachers Do. She is a graduate of Clark University, Boston University, and Salem State College. She completed her doctorate in education at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.