Argument-driven inquiry in physical science : lab investigations for grades 6-8 /

Free your students and yourself from the same old worksheets and data tables. Argument-Driven Inquiry in Physical Science will make middle school labs much more active and engaging. Its 22 investigations teach students to use argument to construct, support and evaluate scientific claims of their own...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Grooms, Jonathon, 1981- (Author), Enderle, Patrick (Author), Hutner, Todd, 1981- (Author), Murphy, Ashley, 1988- (Author), Sampson, Victor, 1974- (Author)
Corporate Author: National Science Teachers Association
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Arlington, Virginia : NSTA Press, National Science Teachers Association, [2016]
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Summary:Free your students and yourself from the same old worksheets and data tables. Argument-Driven Inquiry in Physical Science will make middle school labs much more active and engaging. Its 22 investigations teach students to use argument to construct, support and evaluate scientific claims of their own and others. The labs cover four core ideas in physical science, matter, motion and forces, energy and waves. Students dig into important content and discover scientific practices as they figure out everything from how thermal energy works to what could make an action figure jump higher.
Physical Description:xii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781938946233
1938946235