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Introduce early learners to real science with the Exploring the Building Blocks of Science Book 1 Student Textbook. Foundational scientific concepts and terminology are presented clearly and in a manner that's easy for kids to understand. Using this book gives kids a solid base on which to build a further study of science. This year-long curriculum contains four chapters of each of five scientific disciplines: chemistry, biology, physics, geology, and astronomy, as well as an introduction to the material covered and a concluding chapter for a total of 22 chapters. The many graphics in this full color textbook reinforce the concepts presented and make the book fun for kids and teachers alike to read. This Student Textbook is accompanied by Exploring the Building Blocks of Science Book 1 Laboratory Notebook (experiments) and Exploring the Building Blocks of Science Book 1 Teacher's Manual. Other supplemental materials are available at www.realscience4kids.com.
From paintings and food to illness and icebergs, science is happening everywhere. Rather than follow the path of a syllabus or textbook, Andrew Morris takes examples from the science we see every day and uses them as entry points to explain a number of fundamental scientific concepts – from understanding colour to the nature of hormones – in ways that anyone can grasp. While each chapter offers a separate story, they are linked together by their fascinating relevance to our daily lives. The topics explored in each chapter are based on hundreds of discussions the author has led with adult science learners over many years – people who came from all walks of life and had no scientific training, but had developed a burning curiosity to understand the world around them. This book encourages us to reflect on our own relationship with science and serves as an important reminder of why we should continue learning as adults.
"A truly comprehensive, scientifically rigorous and utterly fascinating account of when, how, and why we dream. Put simply, When Brains Dream is the essential guide to dreaming." —Matthew Walker, author of Why We Sleep Questions on the origins and meaning of dreams are as old as humankind, and as confounding and exciting today as when nineteenth-century scientists first attempted to unravel them. Why do we dream? Do dreams hold psychological meaning or are they merely the reflection of random brain activity? What purpose do dreams serve? When Brains Dream addresses these core questions about dreams while illuminating the most up-to-date science in the field. Written by two world-renowned sleep and dream researchers, it debunks common myths that we only dream in REM sleep, for example—while acknowledging the mysteries that persist around both the science and experience of dreaming. Antonio Zadra and Robert Stickgold bring together state-of-the-art neuroscientific ideas and findings to propose a new and innovative model of dream function called NEXTUP—Network Exploration to Understand Possibilities. By detailing this model’s workings, they help readers understand key features of several types of dreams, from prophetic dreams to nightmares and lucid dreams. When Brains Dream reveals recent discoveries about the sleeping brain and the many ways in which dreams are psychologically, and neurologically, meaningful experiences; explores a host of dream-related disorders; and explains how dreams can facilitate creativity and be a source of personal insight. Making an eloquent and engaging case for why the human brain needs to dream, When Brains Dream offers compelling answers to age-old questions about the mysteries of sleep.
Science is everywhere, in everything we do, see, and read. Books-all books-offer possibilities for talk about science in the illustrations and text once you know how to look for them. Children's literature is a natural avenue to explore the seven crosscutting concepts described in the Next Generation Science Standards*, and with guidance from Valerie Bang-Jensen and Mark Lubkowitz, you will learn to develop the mindset necessary to think like a scientist, and then help your students think, talk, and read like scientists. Sharing Books Talking Science is an engaging and user-friendly guide that provides practical, real world understandings of complex scientific concepts using children's literature. By demonstrating how to work in a very familiar and comfortable teaching context-read aloud-to address what may be less familiar and comfortable content-scientific concepts-Valerie and Mark empower teachers to use just about any book in their classroom to help deepen students' understanding of the world. Valerie and Mark supply you with everything you need to know to get to the heart of each concept, including a primer, questions and strategies to spot a concept, and ways to prompt students to see and talk about it. Each chapter offers a list of suggested titles (many of which you probably already have) to help you get started right away, as well as "topic spotlight" sections that help you connect the concepts to familiar topics such as eating, seasons, bridges, size, and water. With Sharing Books Talking Science, you will have the tools and confidence to explore scientific concepts with your students. Learn how to "talk science" with any book so that you can infuse your curriculum with scientific thinking...even when you aren't teaching science. *Next Generation Science Standards is a registered trademark of Achieve. Neither Achieve nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.
Subject: Science; Biology (other titles available for Chemistry and Physics) Level: Key Stage 3 (age 11-14) Exciting, real-world 11-14 science that builds a base for International GCSEs. Pearson's popular 11-14 Exploring Science course - loved by teachers for its exciting, real-world science - inspires the next generation of scientists. With brand-new content, this 2019 International edition builds a base for progression to International GCSE Sciences and fully covers the content of the 13+ Common Entrance Exam. Exciting, real-world science that inspires the next generation of scientists. Explore real-life science that learners can relate to, with stunning videos and photographs. Provides content for a broad and balanced science curriculum, while building the skills needed for International GCSE sciences and the 13+ Common Entrance Exam. Choose from two Student Book course options to match the way your school teaches 11-14 science. The Student Books are arranged by year (Year 7, 8 and 9) or by science (biology, chemistry, physics). This Student Book contains all biology content for Years 7, 8 and 9 (11-14). Learn more about this series, and access free samples, on our website: www.pearsonschools.co.uk/ExploringScienceInternational
Subject: Science; Chemistry (other titles available for biology and physics) Level: KS3 (age 11-14) Exciting, real-world 11-14 science that builds a base for International GCSEs. Pearson's popular 11-14 Exploring Science course - loved by teachers for its exciting, real-world science - inspires the next generation of scientists. With brand-new content, this 2019 International edition builds a base for progression to International GCSE Sciences and fully covers the content of the 13+ Common Entrance Exam. Exciting, real-world science that inspires the next generation of scientists. Explore real-life science that learners can relate to, with stunning videos and photographs. Provides content for a broad and balanced science curriculum, while building the skills needed for International GCSE sciences and the 13+ Common Entrance Exam. Choose from two Student Book course options to match the way your school teaches 11-14 science. The Student Books are arranged by year (Year 7, 8 and 9) or by science (biology, chemistry, physics). This Student Book contains all chemistry content for Years 7, 8 and 9 (11-14). Learn more about this series, and access free samples, on our website: www.pearsonschools.co.uk/ExploringScienceInternational.
Foundational scientific concepts and terminology are easy to understand. Yearlong curriculum-5 scientific disciplines: chemistry, biology, physics, geology, astronomy. Full color textbook with many graphics. Covers: technology; microscopes; chemical reactions; protists; fungi; motion; Earth's layers; Earth as a system; solar systems; much more.
