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I'll be teaching 6th grade science next year, and I'm wondering how to go about it. The texts are Prentice Hall Science Explorer: Earth Science, and CPO Physical Science. The CPO text was designed for 8th grade, and the other teachers said that it is too hard for the students. It had some good demonstration items to go with it, but the book is not liked at all. I have a wide variety of methods and teaching materials to supplement the curriculum, but I was considering how to go about teaching the concepts. A very simple statement of my idea of how to begin introducing the text would be to do the reading together as a class, give the students the guided reading worksheets that go along with the texts, give them time to answer questions, then go over the answers together. After however long that will take to complete, one day or two days, go to the other, more creative activities, including compiling an interactive notebook. Does that sound acceptable as a basic framework to go about tea...See More
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Tom On 7/05/16, AW to Tom wrote: > First let me ask what state you are in? Then you need to > use your state standards to drive your curriculum. > > What technology do you have access to? I have a set of > chromebooks for each student in my classroom, therefore, my > lessons have a lot of technology incorporated into them. > > D...See More
Jul 5, 2016
Tom It's nearly impossible to get access to a computer. The lab is on a first come first served basis after the Math teachers reserve for the month, as they get priority. I get no money at all to but materials, and other than some goggles and a few microscopes, we have no equipment. Which means we can have the most awesome investigations that I can aff...See More
Jul 5, 2016
AW
Have you considered applying for a grant? What about
Donors Choose? Last year Bill Gates went through the end
of July or August and funded those that were asking for
tablets.

You didn't mention what state....

I'm in Texas. I thought we might be able to find you
better help if we know what state. :)

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Jul 5, 2016
Tom I'm in Ohio. The interactive science teacher site looks interesting. I'll check out the pricing plans tomorrow. On 7/05/16, AW wrote: > > Have you considered applying for a grant? What about > Donors Choose? Last year Bill Gates went through the end > of July or August and funded those that were asking for > tablets. > > You d...See More
Jul 5, 2016
AW -- No don't buy - just read! Don't buy anything. That was just an example of a resource available to you through that writer's blog. Never waste your own money on someone else's lesson plans because you have to tweek it to fit the needs of you and your students. ;) But do check out donors choose.

There are many such blogs out on the internet. In fact, if you want to b...See More
Jul 6, 2016


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