Kim Kastens

Earth Science Puzzles (eBook, PDF)

Making Meaning from Data

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Teachers of Earth and environmental sciences in grades 812 will welcome this activity book centered on six data puzzles that foster critical-thinking skills in students and support science and math standards.

Earth Science Puzzles presents professionally gathered Earth science dataincluding graphs, maps, tables, images, and narrativesand asks students to step into scientists' shoes to use temporal, spatial, quantitative, and concept-based reasoning to draw inferences from the data. For the teacher, each puzzle is supported by an extensive Pedagogical Content Knowledge Guide with background information, required skills, common student misconceptions, an answer key to the questions in the student section, and a bank of resources for further exploration of the topics.

Paleoclimate, weather forecasting, earthquakes, estuaries, watersheds, and hydrothermal vents are all covered. The time-efficient puzzlestaking approximately one period to completecan be the beginning of an exciting, data-rich classroom environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NSTA - National Science Teaching Association
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781936137565
• Artikelnr.: 73745919