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8. Science Book Lists and Resource Guides
8. Science Book Lists and Resource Guides
Pages 282-291
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This book provides brief summary information including bibliographic data, a 1-paragraph description of contents, and sources of book reviewsfor 669 science and technology reference books for readers in grades 312. A grade-level index identifies 231 of these titles as being appropriate for students in grades 6-8.
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Pnce: $19.95 (ISBN 0-922152-21-7) This loose-leaf notebook provides a convenient list of diverse educational resources and materials on the subject of earth science.
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Topics covered in the first half of the book include creating or revising an environmental education program or curriculum, funding curriculum projects, developing assessment programs, and conducting special projects. Later chapters include an annotated bibliography of children's trade books (organized by subject)
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The hands-on activities, which can be done in any order or can stand alone, include field trips, simple craft projects, library research, and collateral reading and writing. The first half of the guide combines novels with activities about land: students learn about the American prairie, tornadoes, weather, the Arctic, woods, the Rocky Mountains, and fossils.
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A.) "Libros de Ciencias en Espanol" is a short bibliography, published in the National Science Teachers Association journal Science & Children, annotating recent science trade books in Spanish.
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165 pp. Pnce: $5.00 NSTA Science Education Suppliers is published annually and distributed in conjunction with the January or February issue of the following NSTA periodicals: Science & Children, The Science Teacher, Science Scope, and the Journal of College Science Teaching.
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is a guide to recommended children's books and resource materials gathered from reviews published previously in Science Books & Films, the review journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (see 11.2~. Subjects covered include the life and physical sciences, mathematics, engineering and technology, medicine, the social and behavioral sciences, and science/ language arts connections.
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Subjects covered by the science-oriented programs include anatomy and physiology, astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, oceanography, ecology and environment, general science, geology, horticulture, meteorology, natural history, physical science, physics, scientific measurement, technology education, and zoology. The detailed entries include a program description and software requirements.
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Each of these parts provides detailed summaries of fic tion books, with discussion starters global environment. It provides data, for each book, summaries of related presented in tables, maps, and nonfiction books of various lengths graphs, for almost every country in and levels of difficulty, and ideas for the world.
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