The Science Teacher's Activity-A-Day, Grades 5-10: Over 180 Reproducible Pages of Quick, Fun Projects That Illustrate Basic Concepts Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition

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The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day
Grades 5-10

The newest volume in the 5-Minute FUNdamentals Series, The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day is a fun-filled resource for teaching hands-on science to middle and high school students. With over 180 five-minute hook or sponge activities, teachers will find it easy to capture students' imaginations and introduce compelling science lessons.

Inside this book, you will discover:

• Over 180 easy, five-minute sponge activities geared to various levels
• Activities incorporating all major science topics--life science, physical science, and earth and space science
• Projects that can all be accomplished with inexpensive and easy-to-find materials, such as string, clay, scissors, chalk, and plastic bottles
• Activities that are clearly correlated to national science education standards

These quick warm-up lessons can help students link familiar concepts to a new topic, or reveal gaps in knowledge, making it easy to set learning goals. With these engaging, exciting lessons, The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day can help every science teacher get his or her class off to a dynamic start.

Praise for The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day

"Research shows that students are more attentive at the start of a lesson. The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day provides short and engaging activities to get your lesson off to a dynamic start."
--RYAN ADAMS, Ed.S., Douglas County Teacher of the Year, Douglas County School System

"As a differentiation facilitator, I know how difficult it is for teachers to engage students of various learning styles and intelligences. I recommend this book to science teachers in middle through high school to kick-start science lessons."
--LYNN FREEMAN, School Improvement Specialist, Metropolitan Regional Educational Service Agency, Atlanta