Richard Konicek-Moran

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Everyday Science Mysteries (eBook, PDF)

Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching

Beschreibung

Everybody loves a mystery, and thousands of teachers love the way the Everyday Science Mysteries gets K - 8 students engaged in real experimentation about science content. Author Richard Konicek-Moran uses each mystery to present opportunities for students to ask questions, form hypotheses, test ideas, and come up with explantions . Konicek-Moran engages students by grounding the stories in familiar experiences that provide a foundation for classroom discussion.

Lessons include lists of science concepts to explore, grade-appropriate strategies for using the stories, and explanations of how the lessons align with standards. Teachers and students alike are sure to enjoy and learn from the fascinating stories that Konicek-Moran provides.

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• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Dr. Richard (Dick) Konicek-Moran is a professor emeritus from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, a former middle school science teacher, and K12 science district curriculum coordinator, involved in science education for the last 60 years. He is the author of the Everyday Science Mysteries series published by NSTA Press, and has been a life member of NSTA since 1968. Dick and his wife Kathleen, an internationally known botanical illustrator, have been volunteers with the Everglades National Park for the past 15 years and more recently for the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden in Coral Gables, Florida.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: NSTA - National Science Teaching Association
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781935155607
• Artikelnr.: 73745985