Science Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites
20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain
Author: Marcia L. Tate and Warren G. Phillips
A brain-friendly guide for motivating students to live, eat, and breathe...
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A brain-friendly guide for motivating students to live, eat, and breathe...
Description
Bestselling 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. Coauthored with award-winning science teacher Warren G. Phillips, this must-have resource includes twenty 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 spreadsheet projects
This book covers a full range of K12 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.
Critic Reviews
“"Tateand Phillips provide research-based strategies that will shape your students'learning. From music to graphics to technology, they show educators how toincorporate methods that will excite students and make science memorable."”
Tateand Phillips provide research-based strategies that will shape your students learning. From music to graphics to technology, they show educators how toincorporate methods that will excite students and make science memorable. --Emily Nedderson
Tate and Phillips provide research-based strategies that will shape your students' learning. From music to graphics to technology, they show educators how to incorporate methods that will excite students and make science memorable. --Emily Nedderson
About the Author
Marcia L. Tate, EdD, is the former executive director of professional development for the DeKalb County School System, Decatur, Georgia and has been presenting to adult audiences for more than 25 years. During her 30-year career with the school district, she has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and staff development executive director. She received the Distinguished Staff Development Award for the State of Georgia, and her department was chosen to receive the Exemplary Program Award for the state.Marcia is currently an educational consultant and has taug
Bestselling 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. Coauthored with award-winning science teacher Warren G. Phillips, this must-have resource includes twenty 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:
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