Starting Point Science

Author : Susan Mayes
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electricity
ISBN : 0794516262

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Starting Point Science by Susan Mayes Pdf

This bright, exciting book for young children introduces aspects of nature, science and technology, providing fascinating information about the mysteries of everyday things. It answers such questions as: What makes it rain? What makes a flower grow? Where does electricity come from? and What's under the ground? The simple text, detailed illustrations and lively cartoons combine to answer each question in clear, step-by-step stages. Young children can share and enjoy these books with adults, while the more confident reader will be rewarded with exciting new facts to read and understand.

Author : John Settlage,Sherry Southerland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136731587

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Teaching Science to Every Child by John Settlage,Sherry Southerland Pdf

"Teaching Science to Every Child provides timely and practical guidance about teaching science to all students. Particular emphasis is given to making science accessible to students who are typically pushed to the fringe - especially students of color and English language learners. Central to this text is the idea that science can be viewed as a culture, including specific methods of thinking, particular ways of communicating, and specialized kinds of tools. By using culture as a starting point and connecting it to effective instructional approaches, this text gives elementary and middle school science teachers a valuable framework to support the science learning of every student. Written in a conversational style, it treats readers as professional partners in efforts to address vital issues and implement classroom practices that will contribute to closing achievement gaps and advancing the science learning of all children. Features include "Point/Counterpoint" essays that present contrasting perspectives on a variety of science education topics; explicit connections between National Science Education Standards and chapter content; and chapter objectives, bulleted summaries, key terms; reflection and discussion questions. Additional resources are available on the updated and expanded Companion Website www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415892582 Changes in the Second Edition Three entirely new chapters: Integrated Process Skills; Learning and Teaching; Assessment Technological tools and resources embedded throughout each chapter Increased attention to the role of theory as it relates to science teaching and learning Expanded use of science process skills for upper elementary and middle school Additional material about science notebooks "--Provided by publisher

Author : Susan Meredith
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Human physiology
ISBN : 0794516254

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What's Inside You? by Susan Meredith Pdf

Each book in this bright, exciting series for young children introduces an aspect of the natural or technological world, providing a wealth of fascinating information. The series explores a wide variety of subjects such as how an electric light bulb works, what's under your skin, how animals say "I live here," what happens to the sun at night and how birds soar, dive and glide. The simple text and detailed illustrations combine to answer the question of each title in clear, step-by-step stages. Young children who are just beginning to read will enjoy sharing these books with an adult, while more confident readers will have fun discovering for themselves.

Author : Susan Mayes
Publisher : E.D.C. Publishing
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0746004818

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Starting Point Science by Susan Mayes Pdf

Questions and answers explore the scientific aspects of the world around us.

Author : Nancy Baron
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781597269650

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Escape from the Ivory Tower by Nancy Baron Pdf

Most scientists and researchers aren’t prepared to talk to the press or to policymakers—or to deal with backlash. Many researchers have the horror stories to prove it. What’s clear, according to Nancy Baron, is that scientists, journalists and public policymakers come from different cultures. They follow different sets of rules, pursue different goals, and speak their own language. To effectively reach journalists and public officials, scientists need to learn new skills and rules of engagement. No matter what your specialty, the keys to success are clear thinking, knowing what you want to say, understanding your audience, and using everyday language to get your main points across. In this practical and entertaining guide to communicating science, Baron explains how to engage your audience and explain why a particular finding matters. She explores how to ace your interview, promote a paper, enter the political fray, and use new media to connect with your audience. The book includes advice from journalists, decision makers, new media experts, bloggers and some of the thousands of scientists who have participated in her communication workshops. Many of the researchers she has worked with have gone on to become well-known spokespeople for science-related issues. Baron and her protégées describe the risks and rewards of “speaking up,” how to deal with criticism, and the link between communications and leadership. The final chapter, ‘Leading the Way’ offers guidance to scientists who want to become agents of change and make your science matter. Whether you are an absolute beginner or a seasoned veteran looking to hone your skills, Escape From the Ivory Tower can help make your science understood, appreciated and perhaps acted upon.

Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691183039

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On Human Nature by Roger Scruton Pdf

A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that human beings cannot be understood simply as biological objects. We are not only human animals; we are also persons, in essential relation with other persons, and bound to them by obligations and rights. Scruton develops and defends his account of human nature by ranging widely across intellectual history, from Plato and Averroës to Darwin and Wittgenstein. The book begins with Kant’s suggestion that we are distinguished by our ability to say “I”—by our sense of ourselves as the centers of self-conscious reflection. This fact is manifested in our emotions, interests, and relations. It is the foundation of the moral sense, as well as of the aesthetic and religious conceptions through which we shape the human world and endow it with meaning. And it lies outside the scope of modern materialist philosophy, even though it is a natural and not a supernatural fact. Ultimately, Scruton offers a new way of understanding how self-consciousness affects the question of how we should live. The result is a rich view of human nature that challenges some of today’s most fashionable ideas about our species.

Author : Susan Mayes
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06
Category : Electricity
ISBN : 0794514111

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Where Does Electricity Come From? by Susan Mayes Pdf

This book tells how electricity is made and used, how a battery works, how a telephone works, where power might come from in the future, and more.

Author : Sophie Tahta
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06
Category : Marine animals
ISBN : 079451409X

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What's Under the Sea? by Sophie Tahta Pdf

Each book in this bright, exciting series for young children introduces an aspect of the natural or technological world, providing a wealth of fascinating information. The series explores a wide variety of subjects such as what makes a shadow, why flamingos are pink, what makes your tummy rumble and how fish breathe underwater. Where it is appropriate, there are safe and easy experiments to help clarify explanations. The simple text and detailed illustrations combine to answer the question of each title in clear, step-by-step stages. Young children who are just beginning to read will enjoy sharing these books with an adult, while more confident readers will have fun discovering for themselves.

Author : Susan Meredith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1990-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0746010990

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Starting Point Science by Susan Meredith Pdf

Author : Educational Development,Susan Mayes
Publisher : Edc Pub
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1990-12-31
Category : Animal communication
ISBN : 0746006551

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Starting Point Science by Educational Development,Susan Mayes Pdf

Looks at a wide variety of subjects in the technological and natural world, ranging from journeys to the moon to the flight of a bird.

Author : DK
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780241556306

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What's the Point of Science? by DK Pdf

Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING! From how to stop a virus to defy gravity, and from how to predict the future to how to see the past, this ebook shows you where science started, why it matters now, and the jaw-dropping places it may lead us to in the future. It will change the way you think about science FOREVER! Beautiful hand-drawn illustrations show you how history's most ingenious and daring scientists solved mysteries that had puzzled the ancient world for millennia, triggering an age of discovery that gave us telescopes, flying machines, steam engines, antibiotics, electricity, radio, space travel, and computers. Discover the amazing men and women who challenged conventional thinking and put their lives at risk to learn about everything, from planetary orbits and gold to germs, and from gunpowder to radioactivity. What's the Point of Science? explains in super-simple terms how science really works and why it changed the world. It's packed with surprising facts, tales of ingenuity and endeavour, and beautiful, unique illustrations. This ebook is about how scientists changed the world, one breakthrough at a time, and it is guaranteed to inspire, surprise, amuse, and entertain everybody who downloads it.

Author : Susan Meredith,Kate Needham,Mike Unwin
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Body, Human
ISBN : 0746071442

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You and Your Body by Susan Meredith,Kate Needham,Mike Unwin Pdf

This book is an ideal introduction to every aspect of the human body for children who are beginning to read along with adults, or more confident readers who will have fun discovering this vast and fascinating subject themselves.

Author : Mike Unwin
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06
Category : Camouflage (Biology)
ISBN : 0794514081

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Why Do Tigers Have Stripes? by Mike Unwin Pdf

Each book in this series introduces an aspect of the natural or technological world, providing a wealth of fascinating information. Simple text and detailed illustrations combine to answer the question of each title in clear, step-by-step stages. Where appropriate, there are safe and easy experiments to help clarify explanations.

Author : S. Mayes
Publisher : Edc Pub
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1990-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0746011067

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Starting Point Science by S. Mayes Pdf

Author : Sophy Tahta,Sue Meredith,Susan Meredith
Publisher : Edc Pub
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1992-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0746009704

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Starting Point Science by Sophy Tahta,Sue Meredith,Susan Meredith Pdf

Introduces aspects of the natural and technological world, providing a wealth of fascinating new facts with simple text and bright, detailed illustrations.