Once upon a Life Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers - Couverture souple

Wheeler-Toppen, Jodi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1935155091 ISBN 13 : 9781935155096

Editeur : National Science Teachers Association, 2010

Synopsis

Reading skills and life science come together in this engaging new book for middle school teachers. Once Upon a Life Science Book makes it easy for teachers to improve their students' reading abilities and teach science content simultaneously through clearly outlined, inquiry-based lessons. Author Jodi Wheeler-Toppen offers science activities for students and explains how these activities relate to the National Science Education Standards. Topics as varied as the cell cycle, skeletal and muscular systems, genetics, and food chains are covered in a concise manner that will appeal to teachers and students alike. She doesn't stop there, however. She follows these activities with reading strategies such as comprehension coding, chunking, and previewing diagrams and illustrations that students can apply to science lessons and other subjects. The reading passages on science content are more student friendly and easier to follow than typical textbooks, which might not provide the background knowledge or connections that students need to learn science content. With this interdisciplinary volume, teachers can help students learn the science in a straightforward manner and develop strategies to improve their reading--a win-win that will delight time-strapped educators.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jodi Wheeler-Toppen is a teacher and science writer whose book topics range from extreme insects to exciting and explosive experiments. Her science articles have appeared in children's magazines such as Highlights, Cricket, Spider, and Ask.

She holds a Ph.D. in Science Education from the University of Georgia, where her dissertation addressed integrating literacy and science instruction. When she's not writing or doing author visits, she conducts staff development for teachers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Science Teachers Association
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1935155091
• ISBN 13: 9781935155096
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 214
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible