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In this second edition of Hands-On General Science Activities with Real Life Applications, Pam Walker and Elaine Wood have completely revised and updated their must-have resource for science teachers of grades 5–12. The book offers a dynamic collection of classroom-ready lessons, projects, and lab activities that encourage students to integrate basic science concepts and skills into everyday life.

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Great Homeschooling Source
I use this book to homeschool the high school sciences. The activities and labs don't require materials that I don't all ready have around the house and the instructions are very clear. I use Glencoe and Prentice Hall texts and this book to supplement and reinforcement the concepts. It has been extremely usefully:)

Excellent Teacher Resource
I got this for Christmas last year before I started my student teaching, and as a first year teacher it's my number one go-to resource when I need an activity or worksheet that approaches the subject differently or gives more practice with a particular concept. The background information is generally easy to follow and the worksheets are engaging while still providing the students with information to learn. And as a bonus, in my opinion, the worksheets usually don't go in the order of the text so my students actually have to READ to find the answers instead of skimming. :) ... Read more

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This innovative series of lessons/worksheets applies basic science concepts to everyday life. It includes over 75 stimulating enhancement activities with background information covering Earth Science, Chemistry, Life Science, Physics, and Astronomy, ready to use as a stand-alone or supplement to a science text. ... Read more

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Great for teaching ideas
Great for science teaching and project ideas grades 7-9... if you have higher level or younger kids, you need to do some serious modifying.

worth the $$ if you teach general science
The book is spiral bound so it is easy to photocopy. I have used about 10 of the activities. All activities have a answer key. What I like is there is a section of content for the student to read before completing anactivity. All activities are hands-on. I have a general science class and Ihave used the activity on moon craters. Students actually create craters inflour. Students perm pieces of hair in the chem. section. I do proteinsynthesis activity with bio. I do an acid/base activity using cabbagejuice. I use the activity for earthquakes. If you teach astronomy tobiology there is an activity for you. Materials are inexpensive, too. ... Read more

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Turn your elementary students into super sleuths with the 60 exciting lessons and worksheets in this unique resource! All provide complete teacher background information and reproducible activity sheets that challenge students to observe carefully, organize and record data, think critically, and conduct simple tests to solve crimes ranging from theft and dog-napping to vandalism and water pollution. Organized into four sections covering Inquiry & Technology...Earth Science...Life Science...and Physical Science. ... Read more

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Extremely helpful in the classroom. Activities are appropriate for students in grades 6 and under. Fun!

Great Start
This is a great book to get younger students involved in science processes.Students really get into the activities!I like that there is not much work on teachers part.If you have older students try other book. ... Read more

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Contains over 140 stimulating hands on experiences to develop students thinking, and reasoning skills ... Read more

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Each volume in this series presents more than 150 stimulating hands-on activities in an easy-to-follow format to teach thinking and reasoning skills along with basic science concepts and facts. Over 500 activities in all! ... Read more

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Excellent Teacher Resource
This is a must have for any elementary teacher!Easy to follow experiments, including required materials.What I find most beneficial is the scientific explanation of what 'occurred' in the experiment - this is crucial if you're not sure how to explain the scientific concept to students.

Get Kids Psyched About Science.
This book is a must-have for any elementary teacher.In fact, the entireseries of "hands-on science activities" books is outstanding. Each book addresses specific areas of the science curriculum in anorganized fashion.The experiments are guaranteed to get kids interestedin science. ... Read more

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Everything you need to create exciting thematic science units can be found in these handy guides. Developed for educators who want to take an integrated approach, these guides contain resource lists, reading selections, and activities that can be easily pulled together for units on virtually any science topic. Chapters identify and describe comprehensive teaching resources (nonfiction) and related fiction reading selections, then detail hands-on science and extension activities that help students learn the scientific method and build learning across the curriculum. ... Read more

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"Be there as Charles Darwin studies the flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands. Discover DNA with Watson and Crick. Science Giants offers you opportunities to read about and explore the important discoveries in life science. Each of the book's 25 topics includes a hands-on exploration activity and a reading that discusses the important people and work that led to the discovery. In addition, Science Giants-

o Teaches to the "big idea"

o Offers historical references that show how we currently understand

scientific principle

o Includes activities designed to illustrate principle

o Challenges old assumptions with new data

o Connects reading to science

Science Giants brings the world's most important discoveries to life for students, inspiring them to pursue science discoveries of their own.

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This activity manual contains the same ideas and investigation activities that are included in the back of the two student text volumes. These exercises include review activities and laboratory exerci ... Read more

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A thermometer, a water-cycle model, a wave machine, a greenhouse—these are just a few things students can make out of a simple soda bottle. This book features learning-rich, hands-on activities that teach about the weather, motion, changes in matter, ecosystems, and more. A fun and easy way to meet the National Science Education Standards! For use with Grades 4–8. ... Read more

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Soda Bottle Science for Kids
This is great way to introduce kids to hands on science.I use these lessons for my science groups in middle school.I assign various lessons and have students teach them to the class.They create informational posters and demonstrate their soda bottle experiment for the class.It is a fun way to learn educational science concepts!

A Nice Teaching Resource
As a teacher of three children at home and a former middle school teacher I bought this book. It has been a great addition to our learning. It is a series of hands on activities that are simple, cheap and use a soda bottle.

For example, it might tell you how to make a terrarium using some plants and some soda bottles.

The one problem with this book was that it does not have enough ideas. It is very thin. The other problem and directly related to the first is that there might only be one experiment for the rock cycle, one experiment for human body etc. It would be nice to see more lessons. There are other books out there with more soda bottle science activities but this one is very good.

Well worth the money.
Enjoy. ... Read more