Standards-Based Investigations: Science Labs Grades 3-5


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Teach scientific concepts and the inquiry process with self-contained, hands-on lab activities while improving students' critical thinking skills. Students will learn the scientific process and build content knowledge. Teacher Resource CD provides all labs as printable PDFs.




Standards-Based Investigations: Science Labs: Grades 3-5


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Uncover the M.A.D. (motivated and driven) scientists in learners (grades 3-5) through the inquiry process! Teach scientific concepts and the inquiry process through self-contained, hands-on lab activities, while helping learners to improve their critical thinking skills and build content knowledge. This resource teaches learners how to create inquiry notebooks to record their developing science knowledge through writing and drawing. The activities are suitable for all language levels and require minimal prior knowledge. Includes a Teacher Resource CD with PDFs of all labs. This resource is aligned to the interdisciplinary themes from the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and supports core concepts of STEM instruction. 192 pages + CD




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Science Simplified: Simple and Fun Science (Book F, Grades 5-7)


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The study of science is important because it helps us understand how the world works. One way we learn science is by reading about discoveries made by scientists. Another way is by learning how scientists do their work and then, through experiments and activities, make discoveries on our own. The Simple and Fun Science Simplified series offers students both paths to understanding science. Answers are provided at the back of the book. Book F is Grades 5-7.




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Skill-Building Science, Grades 5 - 6


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Hands-on investigations give scientists in grades 5–6 the skills they need for success! Skill-Building Science includes lessons, activities, and writing exercises on physical science, earth science, and life science. Biographies of scientists with accompanying activities increase student awareness of scientist as an occupation. This 128-page book includes reproducibles, aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards, and supports National Science Education Standards.







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Classroom Connections, Grade 1


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Classroom Connections brings math, language arts, and science together around a common skill. This book for first graders covers vowel sounds, synonyms and antonyms, homophones, reading comprehension, addition, subtraction, measurement, and critical thinking. --The Classroom Connections series provides math, language arts, and science practice for children in kindergarten to grade 3. Each page ties three subject areas together around a common skill, giving children a fresh way to look at important concepts. Children are also provided with extension activities, tips, and hints related to each skill to encourage additional learning and real-world application.