Best-selling author and renowned educator Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark
practicality to teachers seeking the latest brain-compatible tools for engaging
students and bringing science to life in the classroom. Co-authored with
award-winning science teacher Warren G. Phillips, this must-have resource
includes 20 proven brain-compatible strategies and 250 activities for applying
them. Teachers will find concrete ways to integrate national science content
standards into their curriculum with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile
experiences that maximize retention, including:
- Music, rhythm, rhyme, and rap
- Storytelling and humor
- Graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs
- Manipulatives, experiments, labs, and models
- Internet and Excel projects
The book covers a full range of K–12 science subjects, including physical,
life, earth and space science, and provides brain-compatible sample lesson
plans. Each chapter offers real-life examples; a what, why,
and how for
each strategy; activities; and note pages for brainstorming how to implement
these exciting new ideas.