A winning educational formula of engaging lessons and powerful strategies for science teachers in numerous classroom settings The Teacher’s Toolbox series is an innovative, research-based resource providing teachers with instructional strategies for students of all levels and abilities. Each book in the collection focuses on a specific content area. Clear, concise guidance enables teachers to quickly integrate low-prep, high-value lessons and strategies in their middle school and high school classrooms. Every strategy follows a practical, how-to format established by the series editors. The Science Teacher's Toolbox is a classroom-tested resource offering hundreds of accessible, student-friendly lessons and strategies that can be implemented in a variety of educational settings. Concise chapters fully explain the research basis, necessary technology, Next Generation Science Standards correlation, and implementation of each lesson and strategy.     Favoring a hands-on approach, this bookprovides step-by-step instructions that help teachers to apply their new skills and knowledge in their classrooms immediately. Lessons cover topics such as setting up labs, conducting experiments, using graphs, analyzing data, writing lab reports, incorporating technology, assessing student learning, teaching all-ability students, and much more. This book enables science teachers to: Understand how each strategy works in the classroom and avoid common mistakes - Promote culturally responsive classrooms - Activate and enhance prior knowledge - Bring fresh and engaging activities into the classroom and the science lab Written by respected authors and educators , The Science Teacher's Toolbox: Hundreds of Practical Ideas to Support Your Students is an invaluable aid for upper elementary, middle school, and high school science educators as well those in teacher education programs and staff development professionals. "If you are a science teacher or homeschool parent looking for a simplified yet engaging approach to teaching science, this book provides a perfect guide to help students experience ( not just learn about) science. This organized, research-based resource fits the title of a "toolbox." It can help anyone from the novice to veteran teacher plan and deliver lessons that will excite students about concepts in science (aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards)." - Dr. Amanda McAdams , Director of Curriculum in Wyoming's Lincoln County School District #2, 2010 Arizona Teacher of the Year "This book contains valuable strategies for both new and veteran teachers. It is an organized and interesting compilation of ready to use tools that will engage students at all levels." - Robin Norwich , NBCT, Math and Physics teacher, 2019 recipient of the Sloan Award for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics "This book is a comprehensive collection of creative lesson plan strategies with detailed references and supplementary resources cited. Also, Part III provides many general strategies for effective teaching. Clearly written in both content and organization, it provides specific and detailed concrete examples for putting into practice the authors' Introduction: 'Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it, having heard it is not as good as having seen it, having seen it is not as good as knowing it, knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice' - attributed to Chinese Philosopher Xun Kuang. I recommend it to any science teacher, and especially those new to teaching science or with minimal scientific knowledge. I think, with this book, even I, an engineer, could teach a quality science course." - Jon S. Wilson , BSME, MAE, MSIE; 25+ years practicing engineer and 25+ years training practicing engineers "As a teacher, I have often heard professionals discuss the importance of "soft skills" our students require upon graduation. The ideas in The Science Teacher's Toolbox successfully describe solid strategies for teachers to utilize in their classrooms to get kids experiencing science, producing thinking, problem-solving citizens that the world will need." - Connie Kennedy , K-12 Mathematics & Science Instructional Support Specialist, Bay City Public Schools "As a science teacher of nearly 20 years, I found the information laid out in The Science Teacher's Toolbox extremely valuable. I believe that new teachers would benefit immensely from reading this book, as well as veteran teachers. Over the years I have found that students struggle with the ability to extract the important elements from scientific text as well as how to think critically. This book provides strategies that help students to improve these skills. In addition, as a veteran teacher, I found the information the authors outlined in relation to learning goals and scales invaluable. Using learning goals and scales helps identify the essential elements of what you want your students to know and helps teachers to identi