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Everything you need to create exciting thematic science units can be found in these handy guides. Developed for educators who want to take an integrated approach, these guides contain resource lists, reading selections, and activities that can be easily pulled together for units on virtually any science topic. Chapters identify and describe comprehensive teaching resources (nonfiction) and related fiction reading selections, then detail hands-on science and extension activities that help students learn the scientific method and build learning across the curriculum. ... Read more

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Includes "connecting" strategies, CA standards progress chart, intervention tips, tips for effective communication from school to home and home to school, and translations of CA standards in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hmong & Tagalog. ... Read more

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Science Giants covers:

Teaching to the "big idea"

Historical reference shows how we currently understand scientific principles

Activities designed to illustrate principles

New ideas challenge old assumptions

Connecting reading to science ... Read more

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NASA's space and Earth science program is composed of two principal components: spaceflight projects and mission-enabling activities. Most of the budget of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is applied to spaceflight missions, but NASA identifies nearly one quarter of the SMD budget as "mission enabling." The principal mission-enabling activities, which traditionally encompass much of NASA's research and analysis (R&A) programs, include support for basic research, theory, modeling, and data analysis; suborbital payloads and flights and complementary ground-based programs; advanced technology development; and advanced mission and instrumentation concept studies.

While the R&A program is essential to the development and support of NASA's diverse set of space and Earth science missions, defining and articulating an appropriate scale for mission-enabling activities have posed a challenge throughout NASA's history. This volume identifies the appropriate roles for mission-enabling activities and metrics for assessing their effectiveness. Furthermore, the book evaluates how, from a strategic perspective, decisions should be made about balance between mission-related and mission-enabling elements of the overall program as well as balance between various elements within the mission-enabling component. Collectively, these efforts will help SMD to make a good program even better. ... Read more

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Activity Log for Unit 12, Earth Beneath Your Feet, Science Turns Minds On Series ... Read more

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Science Integration Activities and Teacher Guide includes 24 activities that integrate earth science with other sciences, teaching strategies, and answers to questions. ... Read more