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Questions and answers explore the world of inventions and their effects on daily life.
Uses simple text and illustrations to provide an introduction to sound.
Volume 11 is idexes.
Modern living wouldnt be possible without electricity. The history of electricity is interesting because we are constantly finding new ways to use it and searching for better ways to produce it. This book takes a look at how electricity travels, how it is stored in batteries, and the many different types of power plants that produce the electricity needed to light our homes, schools, and businesses. Bright photographs and fascinating fact boxes are paired together to make flowcharts highlighting how circuits work to move electricity, how different kinds of batteries hold charges, and much more in this fascinating science book.
Daily discoveries with science centers! Activities for the Science Center helps students in grade K explore concepts in life science, earth science, and physical science through hands-on experiments. It also explains the scientific principles behind each experiment. This 80-page book aligns with Common Core State Standards, as well as state and national standards, and includes tips for setting up science centers and introducing new concepts, extension activities, and literature lists.
The seven lessons in this module introduce students to concepts related to structures, including what a structure is, and where structures are found and used in the natural and manufactured world. Students use the design process to plan and construct their own structures.Also included:materials lists activity descriptions questioning techniques activity centre and extension ideas assessment suggestions activity sheets and visuals The module offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Science program (guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the skills that young students use and develop during scientific inquiry), a list of children's books and websites related to the science topics introduced, and a classroom assessment plan with record-keeping templates.
Examines the ways in which humanity is poisoning the waters of our planet and how this pollution can be stopped.
This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Science and Technology program (guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the science skills that grade 1 students use and develop) and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates. It also includes connections to the Achievement Levels as outlined in The Ontario Curriculum Grades 1-8 Science and Technology (2007). This resource has four instructional units: Unit 1: Needs and Characteristics of Living Things Unit 2: Materials, Objects, and Everyday Structures Unit 3: Energy in Our Lives Unit 4: Understanding Earth and Space Systems Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular expectations. Each lesson has the curriculum expectation(s) listed materials lists activity descriptions assessment suggestions activity sheet(s) and graphic organizer(s)
Describes food plants, where they grow, how they are cultivated, their importance for the survival of humans and animals, and the need for more crops to feed the world's growing population.
Valuable for regular use by caregivers as well as for collection development, this book spotlights hundreds of titles that are engaging and fun for reader and preschooler alike.