Science Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites
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"Tate and Phillips provide research-based strategies that will shape your students' learning. From music to graphics to technology, they show educators how to incorporate methods that will excite students and make science memorable."
—Emily Neddersen, Lead Science Teacher, Myford Elementary School, Tustin, CA
A brain-friendly guide for motivating students to live, eat, and breathe science!
Best-selling author and renowned educator Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark practicality to teachers seeking the latest brain-compatible tools for engaging students and bringing science to life in the classroom. Co-authored with award-winning science teacher Warren G. Phillips, this must-have resource includes 20 proven brain-compatible strategies and 250 activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to integrate national science content standards into their curriculum with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile experiences that maximize retention, including:
- Music, rhythm, rhyme, and rap
- Storytelling and humor
- Graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs
- Manipulatives, experiments, labs, and models
- Internet and Excel projects
The book covers a full range of K–12 science subjects, including physical, life, earth and space science, and provides brain-compatible sample lesson plans. Each chapter offers real-life examples; a what, why, and how for each strategy; activities; and note pages for brainstorming how to implement these exciting new ideas.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Introduction
- Strategy 1: Brainstorming and Discussion
- Strategy 2: Drawing and Artwork
- Strategy 3: Field Trips
- Strategy 4: Games
- Strategy 5: Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps, and Word Webs
- Strategy 6: Humor
- Strategy 7: Manipulatives, Experiments, Labs, and Models
- Strategy 8: Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes
- Strategy 9: Mnemonic Devices
- Strategy 10: Movement
- Strategy 11: Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap
- Strategy 12: Project-Based and Problem-Based Instruction
- Strategy 13: Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning
- Strategy 14: Role Plays, Drama, Pantomimes, and Charades
- Strategy 15: Storytelling
- Strategy 16: Technology
- Strategy 17: Visualization and Guided Imagery
- Strategy 18: Visuals
- Strategy 19: Work Study and Apprenticeships
- Strategy 20: Writing and Journals
Resource: Brain-Compatible Lesson Design
Resource: Brain-Compatible Lesson Design
Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
Index
Resources
Supplemental Resources Website
Once you have Science Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites in hand, you will gain access to additional files and lesson plans on the companion website.Additional materials
Description
"Tate and Phillips provide research-based strategies that will shape your students' learning. From music to graphics to technology, they show educators how to incorporate methods that will excite students and make science memorable."
—Emily Neddersen, Lead Science Teacher, Myford Elementary School, Tustin, CA
A brain-friendly guide for motivating students to live, eat, and breathe science!
Best-selling author and renowned educator Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark practicality to teachers seeking the latest brain-compatible tools for engaging students and bringing science to life in the classroom. Co-authored with award-winning science teacher Warren G. Phillips, this must-have resource includes 20 proven brain-compatible strategies and 250 activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to integrate national science content standards into their curriculum with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile experiences that maximize retention, including:
- Music, rhythm, rhyme, and rap
- Storytelling and humor
- Graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs
- Manipulatives, experiments, labs, and models
- Internet and Excel projects
The book covers a full range of K–12 science subjects, including physical, life, earth and space science, and provides brain-compatible sample lesson plans. Each chapter offers real-life examples; a what, why, and how for each strategy; activities; and note pages for brainstorming how to implement these exciting new ideas.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Introduction
- Strategy 1: Brainstorming and Discussion
- Strategy 2: Drawing and Artwork
- Strategy 3: Field Trips
- Strategy 4: Games
- Strategy 5: Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps, and Word Webs
- Strategy 6: Humor
- Strategy 7: Manipulatives, Experiments, Labs, and Models
- Strategy 8: Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes
- Strategy 9: Mnemonic Devices
- Strategy 10: Movement
- Strategy 11: Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap
- Strategy 12: Project-Based and Problem-Based Instruction
- Strategy 13: Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning
- Strategy 14: Role Plays, Drama, Pantomimes, and Charades
- Strategy 15: Storytelling
- Strategy 16: Technology
- Strategy 17: Visualization and Guided Imagery
- Strategy 18: Visuals
- Strategy 19: Work Study and Apprenticeships
- Strategy 20: Writing and Journals
Resource: Brain-Compatible Lesson Design
Resource: Brain-Compatible Lesson Design
Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
Index
Resources
Supplemental Resources Website
Once you have Science Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites in hand, you will gain access to additional files and lesson plans on the companion website.Additional materials
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Science Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites
20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain
October 2010 | 192 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412978477 | $41.95 |
| Lifetime | 27/02/2023 | 9781452238449 | $38.00 |
"Tate and Phillips provide research-based strategies that will shape your students' learning. From music to graphics to technology, they show educators how to incorporate methods that will excite students and make science memorable."
—Emily Neddersen, Lead Science Teacher, Myford Elementary School, Tustin, CA
A brain-friendly guide for motivating students to live, eat, and breathe science!
Best-selling author and renowned educator Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark practicality to teachers seeking the latest brain-compatible tools for engaging students and bringing science to life in the classroom. Co-authored with award-winning science teacher Warren G. Phillips, this must-have resource includes 20 proven brain-compatible strategies and 250 activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to integrate national science content standards into their curriculum with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile experiences that maximize retention, including:
- Music, rhythm, rhyme, and rap
- Storytelling and humor
- Graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs
- Manipulatives, experiments, labs, and models
- Internet and Excel projects
The book covers a full range of K–12 science subjects, including physical, life, earth and space science, and provides brain-compatible sample lesson plans. Each chapter offers real-life examples; a what, why, and how for each strategy; activities; and note pages for brainstorming how to implement these exciting new ideas.
Table Of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Introduction
- Strategy 1: Brainstorming and Discussion
- Strategy 2: Drawing and Artwork
- Strategy 3: Field Trips
- Strategy 4: Games
- Strategy 5: Graphic Organizers, Semantic Maps, and Word Webs
- Strategy 6: Humor
- Strategy 7: Manipulatives, Experiments, Labs, and Models
- Strategy 8: Metaphors, Analogies, and Similes
- Strategy 9: Mnemonic Devices
- Strategy 10: Movement
- Strategy 11: Music, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Rap
- Strategy 12: Project-Based and Problem-Based Instruction
- Strategy 13: Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning
- Strategy 14: Role Plays, Drama, Pantomimes, and Charades
- Strategy 15: Storytelling
- Strategy 16: Technology
- Strategy 17: Visualization and Guided Imagery
- Strategy 18: Visuals
- Strategy 19: Work Study and Apprenticeships
- Strategy 20: Writing and Journals
- Resource: Brain-Compatible Lesson Design
- Bibliography
- Index