Help! I'm Teaching Middle School Science - Softcover

C. Jill Swango; Sally Boles Steward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873552253 ISBN 13: 9780873552257

Publisher: Natl Science Teachers Assn, 2002

Synopsis

Like your own personal survival guide, Help! I'm Teachig Middle School Science is a nontechnical how-to manual, especially for first-year teachers. But even veteran teachers can benefit from the plentiful ideas, examples, and tips on teaching sicence the way middle-schoolers learn best.

The book covers all the basics: what to do on the first day of school (including icebreaker activities), preparing safe and effective lab lessons, managing the classroom, and working with in-school teams as well as parents. But its practical, and encouraging, approach doesn't mean it shorchanges the basics of effective pedagogy. You'll learn how to handle cooperative learning and assessment, how to help students write effectively, and the importance of modeling for early adolescents.

Applicable US National Science Education Standards and helpful resources and references are provided throughout the text. In addition to a wealth of reproducible field trip permission forms, lab report formats, and mearsurement and safety quizzes, you get low-cost recipes for salt crystals, culture meduim, fun putty, and the ever-popular "oobleck." Help! is just the lively resource you need to see you through your first months, and beyond.

Edition details

• Publisher: Natl Science Teachers Assn
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873552253
• ISBN 13: 9780873552257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 133