Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy: Magnetism
To students who have heard it all before, Bill Nye the Science Guy brings an effective way to make sure they pay attention. He breaks up the science instruction with an energetic blend of silliness and outright comedy, and kids can't help but absorb an appreciable amount of information. In this episode of his popular series, Nye points out that the Earth is a gigantic magnet while explaining the planet's magnetic field. He talks about the basic attract/repel attributes of magnets,..
Explaining Reading, Third Edition: A Resource for Explicit Teaching of the Common Core Standards 3rd Edition
This trusted teacher resource and widely adopted text presents effective ways to demystify essential reading skills and strategies for K-8 students who are struggling. It has been fully revised to focus on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts.
The exercises in this book are designed to give intermediate grade students (say Cambridge First Certificate level) practice in the essential tenses in their essential uses. This does not mean that students will not come across other tenses in their reading: they probably will, and will understand their meaning (possibly after the teacher has done some explaining) without much difficulty. But they will not learn how to use them at this stage, which demands skill in the more usual tenses and uses.
Kevin Hart introduces the reader to all of the major figures and issues in the field, including Derrida, Baudrillard and Foucault, as well as explaining what makes a thinker or writer postmodern.
COLLEGE READING: THE SCIENCE AND STRATEGIES OF EXPERT READERS approaches reading from a thinking skills perspective by explaining how we think, learn, and read. This expert group of authors credibly incorporates widely proven brain research and learning theory into a user-friendly dynamic reading textbook aimed at diverse learners. The bridge from the scientific research to the classroom is carefully crafted so that not only will students learn to read more efficiently, but they will also learn how to learn more efficiently. By explaining the brain science of reading, COLLEGE READING empowers students with the knowledge that they can change their brain into a more effective reading brain.