Full-color materials help busy teachers present fun-to-do activities. Each standards-based lesson has one or more clearly stated objectives. Topics covered include: the five senses; plants; animals; life cycles; the human body; the water cycle; seasons; fossils; dinosaurs; natural resources; solids, liquids & gases; magnets; the concepts of sink and float.

Inquiry-based and easy-to-follow activities help students develop positive attitudes toward science. The experiments are aligned with national standards and cover the areas of physical, earth, and life science as well as health.

Exploration is a goal of each standards-based lesson. Hands-on activities help children learn new information, develop new vocabulary, build thinking skills, and inspire a sense of wow ! Topics include ladybugs, spiders, animals & their eggs, coral reefs, shadows, lakes & rivers, stars, trees & wood, water, and tools & machines.

Provide engaging science-themed lessons! Everyday Literacy: Science helps young students learn key science concepts and vocabulary in just 15 to 20 minutes a day.

The popular features from Volume 1 are all here. The field-tested probes are short, easy to administer, and ready to reproduce. Teacher materials explain science content and suggest grade-appropriate ways to present information. But Volume 2 covers more life science and Earth and space science probes. Volume 2 also suggests ways to embed the probes throughout your instruction, not just when starting a unit or topic.

Content-specific DI guidance from the best minds in education In this collection, current research on the most effective differentiation practices for differentiating instruction in literacy, mathematics, and scienceis brought alive through the many strategies and examples. Topics covered include: Reading and writing: A comprehensive array of models for differentiating reading instruction; gradual release of responsibility to accelerate progress; and multi-tiered writing instruction Mathematics: Support for both low- and high-achieving students, including interventions and challenges, and the implementation of RTI in math instruction Science: Models and methods for increasing student achievement through differentiated science inquiry

V. 1. Physical science assessment probes -- Life, Earth, and space science assessment probes.