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2. Life Science
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From page 71...
... Program Overview The Prentice Hall Science Integrated Learning System series is a program for middle school or junior high school students. Designed to cover all relevant areas of science, this program consists of 19 books, each in a particular topic area, such as sound and light, the planet earth, and cells building blocks of life.
From page 72...
... Supplementary Labaratory Manual The supplementary lab manual provides 9 investigations directly correlated with the information presented in the student textbook. Examples of the investigations include studying the space requirements of seed plants; examining the structure and function of various cells, tissues, and organs in the chicken; observing the movement of molecules through a cell membrane; and using bromthymol blue and bromthymol yellow solutions to determine how carbon dioxide is exchanged between organisms and their environments.
From page 73...
... A teacher's resource package contains the student edition and annotated teacher's editions of both the textbook and the lab manual, as well as a test book, an activity book, a review-andreinforcement guide, and English and Spanish audiotapes for auditory and language reamers. Other available materials include interactive videodiscs, transparencies, assessment materials, English and Spanish guides for language learners, a study guide, a teacher's desk reference, and a booklet of product-testing activities.
From page 74...
... The teacher's edition also provides suggestions for teaching, guiding, integrating, and closing lessons, as well as enrichments, extensions, and answers to questions in the student text. Supplementary Laboratory Manual The supplementary lab manual provides 8 additional investigations directly correlated with the information presented in the student textbook.
From page 75...
... Program Overview The Science and Technology for Children (STC) series consists of 24 inquiry-centered curriculum units for grades 1-6, with 4 units at each grade level.
From page 76...
... Program (overview The Prentice Hall Exploring Life, Earth, and Physical Science series is a program for middle school students. Designed to cover all relevant areas of science, this integrated program consists of 3 textbooks (1 for each major discipline)
From page 77...
... Supplementary Laboratory Manual The supplementary lab manual contains 70 investigations directly correlated with information presented in the student textbook. Examples include observing the movement of molecules through a cell membrane, culturing yeast cells, investigating germination inhibitors, examining bird adaptations, observing some human reflexes, and constructing a microhabitat.
From page 78...
... Program Overview The Glencoe Life, Earth, and Physical Science series includes 3 full-year courses" one in life, one in earth, and one in physical science for students in grades 8 and above. Four major themes are developed: (1)
From page 79...
... Program Overview The Prentice Hall Science Integrated Learning System series is a program for mid dle school or junior high school students. Designed to cover all relevant areas of science, this program consists of 19 books, each in a particular topic area, such as sound and light, the planet earth, and heredity-the code of life.
From page 80...
... Program Overview The Prentice Hall Science Integrated Learning System series is a program for middle school or junior high school students. Designed to cover all relevant areas of science, this program consists of 19 books, each in a particular topic area, such as sound and light, the planet earth, and human biology and health.
From page 81...
... Supplementary Laboratory Manual The supplementary lab manual provides 17 additional investigations directly correlated with the information presented in the student textbook. Examples of the investigations include examining the structures of a long bone from a chicken leg and finding out how joints provide for movement of bones, determining the amount of vitamin C in fruit juice, and examining the circulation of blood in the capillaries of a goldfish's tail.
From page 82...
... Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1991. Program Overview Middle School Life Science is a full-year course organized around a series of learning cycles during which students work independently, with partners, and in small groups.
From page 83...
... Program Overview The Prentice Hall Science Integrated Learning System series is a program for middle school or junior high school students. Designed to cover all relevant areas of science, this program consists of 19 books, each in a particular topic area, such as sound and light, the planet earth, and organisms that make up the animal kingdom.
From page 84...
... Program Overview The Prentice Hall Science Integrated Learning System series is a program for middle school or junior high school students. Designed to cover all relevant areas of science, this program consists of 19 books, each in a particular topic area, such as sound and light, the planet earth, and the classification of living things monerans, protists, fungi, plants, and animals.
From page 85...
... Supplementary Laboratory Manual and a booklet of product-testing The supplementary lab manual pro- activities. vices 13 additional investigations directly correlated with the informa tion presented in the student text book.
From page 86...
... 86 ABOUT THE ANNOTATIONS IN LIFE SCIENCESUPPLEMENTARY UNITS Entry Numbers Curriculum materials are arranged alphabetically by title in each category (Core Materials, Supplementary Units, and Science Activity Books) in chapters 1 through 5 of this guide.
From page 87...
... Program Overview The Scholastic Science Place series is a K-6 program with 42 units, 6 for each grade level. The 6 units for grade 6 are organized under topics in the life, earth, and physical sciences.
From page 88...
... Program Overview The Foundations and Challenges to Encourage Technology-based Science (FACETSj program consists of 3 series of 8 modules each for grades 6-8. Each module focuses on a topic in the life, earth, or physical sciences.
From page 89...
... In addition to directions for activities, the teacher's guide provides a module overview, a schedule of activities, objectives for each activity, background information, materials management and preparation tips, sample answers to discussion questions, teaching suggestions, and reinforcement activities. Also included are reproducible activity sheets for student work and a performance-based assessment.
From page 90...
... In discussing why earthworms respond as they do, students learn about cold-blooded animals. Each lesson in Earthworms includes a materials list, preparation steps, and directions for activities and discussion.
From page 91...
... They were designed to reflect the ideas about teaching, learning, and curriculum in the Michigan Essential Goals and Objectives for K-12 Science Education, which were developed by the Michigan Science Education Resources Project. Several New Directions Teaching Units can be used with middle school students.
From page 92...
... Program Overview From Genes to Jeans: An Activity-Based Unit on Genetic Engineering and Agr~culture is one of many individual instructional units from the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom. This self-contained unit helps students learn about agriculture and its role in American society.
From page 93...
... Each module consists of a student book and a teacher's guide. Student Edition Recommended grade level: 7.
From page 94...
... In this 6- to 8-week unit on factors that affect plant growth, students learn about the nutrients required for plants, where the nutrients come from, and the effects of factors such as soil type and fertilizers on plant growth. During the activities, they learn the 6 basic parts of plants and their functions, they analyze soil samples, and they make a nutrient solution from manure.
From page 95...
... Program Overview The Interrelatior7ships of Soil, Water arid Fertilizers and Host' They Affect Plant Growth is one of many individual instructional units from the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom. This self-contained unit helps students learn about agriculture and its role in American society.
From page 96...
... Each activity and experiment contains a list of materials, background information, procedures, extensions or variations, and reproducible student worksheets, and reading assignments. A teacher resource section provides management tips, answers to commonly asked questions, additional extension activities, references, and a list of organizations and companies such as agricultural bookstores.
From page 97...
... New York, N.Y.: Macmillan/ McGraw-Hill School Publishing, 1995. Program Overview The Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Science series is a comprehensive, activity-based, K-8 science curriculum made up of 42 stand-alone units, 18 of which are designed for grades 6-8.
From page 98...
... Special unit features include curriculum links to language arts, literature, mathematics, music, and art; information about science careers; and narrative sections highlighting science, technology, and society connections. Teacher's Planning Guide The teacher's planning guide, a spiralbound, wraparound edition, provides information and strategies for teaching the 5 lessons in the student edition.
From page 99...
... Mapping Animal Movements includes easy-to-follow lesson plans for each of the 4 activities, which require 30 to 45 minutes each; suggestions for the care and handling of animals; and reproducible student data sheets. Each lesson plan ineludes an overview, background information, a list of materials, and detailed instructions for preparation and for conducting the activity.
From page 100...
... Program Overview The EventBased Science series is a program for middle school students in grades 6-9. Each module tells the story of a real event such as the 1995 outbreak of the Ebola virus in Zaire-through reprinted newspaper articles and personal interviews; sections of background information explain relevant scientific concepts.
From page 101...
... Teacher's Guide Recommended grade level: 6-~. Plants in Our World helps students learn what plants need in order to grow, what they produce, and why they are important to life on earth.
From page 102...
... Pond Life consists of 12 activities, which require about 20 class sessions to complete. In addition to directions for activities, the teacher's guide provides a module overview, a schedule of activities, objectives for each activity, background information, materials management and preparation tips, sample answers to discussion questions, teaching suggestions, and reinforcement activities.
From page 103...
... Program Overview The Chemical Education for Public Understanding Program (CEPUP) series consists of 12 modules for grades 7-9.
From page 104...
... Urbana, Ill.: Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program, 1995. Program Overview Zebra Mussel Mania, developed by the IllinoisIndiana Sea Grant Program, introduces students to zebra mussels and the array of problems associated with these and other exotic species.
From page 105...
... SCONCE AS INQUIRY: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry; understandings about scientific inquiry. LIFE SCIENCE: Regulation and behavior; populations and ecosystems.
From page 106...
... Each chapter addresses health and safety issues, such as how to handle species; includes observation-based 106 ABOUT THE ANNOTATIONS IN LIFE SCIENCE SCIENCE ACTIVITY BOOKS Entry Numbers Curriculum materials are arranged alphabetically by title in each category (Core Materials, Supplementary Units, and Science Activity BOOkS) in chapters 1 through 5 of this guide.
From page 107...
... Various aspects of the curriculum materials including titles, topics addressed in each unit, and grade levels are the focus of seven separate indexes. For example, titles and entry numbers are listed in the "lisle Index" on pp.
From page 108...
... Each activity in Cranial Creations in Life Science includes a reproducible student sheet and directions for the teacher. Most exercises require very few supplies.
From page 109...
... It includes ideas, tips, and procedures for setting up different hydroponic systems and for helping students discover hydroponic concepts on their own. Included are simple diagrams and explanations of 7 hydroponic systems for the classroom (basic wick, milk carton and rock wool, soda bottle, floating Styrofoam raft, basic ebb and flow, simple straw aeration, and Plexiglas LIFE SCIENCE / SCIENCE ACTIVITY BOOKS slants)
From page 110...
... The appendixes in Growlab offer a wide range of information, including instructions and diagrams for building a GrowLab, and a guide to growing and harvesting various crops indoors. Several reproducible student worksheets, such as a plant growth chart, are provided.
From page 111...
... The microscope-centered activities during the rest of the unit include, for example, observing and drawing the structures in onion cells, seeing how cork cells are different from living plant cells, making a hay infusion and observing the emergence and growth of protozoa over time, looking at the organisms living in a drop of pond water, and observing the circulation of blood through the tail of a goldfish. Each activity in Magnificent Microworld Adventures includes background information for the teacher; procedures, discussion questions, and extensions; and reproducible student pages containing instructions, data sheets, and graphs.
From page 112...
... A 4-page teacher's guide provides background information and answers to questions on the student worksheets.
From page 113...
... Recommencled grade level: 7-8+. Science Projects about the Human Body, 1 of 6 books in a series written for students, contains 30 simple activities about the human body and how it functions.
From page 114...
... is a kit containing lab materials and instructions for an activity that shows students how DNA fingerprinting technology works and how scientists and police use this technology to identify a suspect from evidence left behind at a crime scene. Students load simulated DNA samples (dyes)
From page 115...
... is a kit containing lab materials and instructions for an activity that shows how DNA fingerprinting can be used to detect the genes inherited by children. Students load simulated DNA samples (dyes)


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