Secrets to success for science teachers / Ellen Kottler, Victoria Brookhart Costa.

From successfully setting up a classroom to achieving meaningful instruction, science teachers face a variety of challenges unique to their practice every day. This guide provides new and seasoned teachers with practical ideas, strategies, and insights to help address essential topics in effective s...

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Main Author: Kottler, Ellen
Other Authors: Costa, Victoria Brookhart
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, ©2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Design your classroom to create communities of learners
  • Understand standards to develop your curriculum
  • Emphasize inquiry science to deepen understanding
  • Know your students to support science achievement
  • Design assessments to align with objectives
  • Connect the learning to reach students' lives
  • Develop literacy to build science skills
  • Plan with students in mind to prepare your teaching
  • Include resources to make science real
  • Integrate technology to enrich learning
  • Seek powerful activities to engage learners
  • Collaborate with colleagues to expand opportunities
  • Reflect on your practice to fortify your future.