Even More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching - Couverture souple

Konicek-Moran, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 193515513X ISBN 13 : 9781935155133

Editeur : National Science Teachers Association, 2010

Synopsis

What are the odds of a meteor hitting your house? What are "warm" clothes anyway? Do you get "more" sunlight from Daylight Saving Time? Everyone loves a good mystery and these unfold in the 15 stories presented in Even More Everyday Science Mysteries, the third volume in author Richard Konicek-Moran's award-winning series. Again, the author uses stories without endings to teach a science principle, allowing the students to investigate how each story can be resolved. All the stories relate to the world around us and encourage students to "take ownership" of their learning. In "Here's the Crusher," family members ponder what could have crushed a plastic soda bottle sitting on a table. By exploring each family member's idea, common misconceptions are uncovered and discussed. In "Florida Cars?" Amber seeks out the causes of rust on cars from Florida. She experiments with nails to try to discover what ingredients produce rust. Your students will tackle Amber's problem and reach their own conclusions. Science topics explored include evaporation, erosion, thermal energy, atmospheric pressure, buoyancy, and density. "These stories are bound to reveal the wonderful ideas all students have, give them the confidence to explore their own thinking, and provide opportunities for them to 'do' science rather than have science 'done' to them." --Page Keeley, NSTA President 2008-09

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Richard (Dick) Konicek-Moran is a professor emeritus from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, a former middle school science teacher, and K-12 science district curriculum coordinator, involved in science education for the last 60 years. He is the author of the Everyday Science Mysteries series published by NSTA Press, and has been a life member of NSTA since 1968. Dick and his wife Kathleen, an internationally known botanical illustrator, have been volunteers with the Everglades National Park for the past 15 years and more recently for the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden in Coral Gables, Florida.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Science Teachers Association
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 193515513X
• ISBN 13: 9781935155133
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 207
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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