The Science Teacher's Book of Lists
This unique information source and time-saver for science teachers includes 290 lists related to life, chemical, physical, meteorological, earth and space science for developing and planning lessons for elementary and secondary students.Included are lists of scientific terms, generalizations, theories, laws, formulas, symbols, abbreviations, conversion charts, and more-all printed in a full-page format, cross-reference throughout, and organized into twelve sections:PLANTS:33 basic and advanced lists from "What Plants Need to Grow and Reproduce" and "Plant Terminology," to "Examples of Endangered Plants" and "Carnivorous Plants"ANIMALS:40 lists ranging from "Introduction to the Five Kingdoms" to "animals with misleading Common Names," "Animals that migrate" and "Alternatives to Animal Dissection"HEALTH & NUTRITION: 48 lists including "Developmental Stages in Human Beings," "A Translator's Guide to Food Labels," and "AIDS Vocabulary"CHEMISTRY: 22 lists ranging from basic terms and elements to reproducible, step-by-step handouts for "Determining the Mole of a Compound" and "Balancing Equations" to compositions of Substances about the Household"PHYSICS: 23 beginning to advanced lists including "Simple Machines," "Do's and Don'ts for Electrical Safety," "Subatomic Particle Terminology," and "Some Laws of Physics" and "Chaos Theory"EARTH SCIENCE: 32 lists including "Some Interesting Facts about Rocks and Mineral," a basic and advanced lists for Moh's scale of mineral hardness, "Crystal Growing," "Size of an Earthquake" and "Classification, Pronunciation and Length of Selected Dinosaurs"METEROLOGY: 16 lots such as "Types of Precipitation," "Clouds" and "Poetic Weather Predictions"AVIATION & SPACE SCIENCE: 20 lists including selected events in the history of flight (balloon to space shuttle) and lists of celestial bodies such as "Many Moons" and "The Constellations"MEASUREMENTS & NUMBERS: 23 lists that cover the metric system, various number systems and conversions that include "Useful Formulas," "How Much would You Weigh on Other Planets?" and "signs and Symbols Frequently Used in Science and Math"SCIENTISTS & THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS: 11 lists of award winners, discoveries and inventions, including 'English Words of Science and Technology Derived from Peoples' Names" and "Noted Women Scientists"SCIENCE & SCIENCE EDUCATION RESOURCES: 6 lists that include information about professional science organizations, environmental groups and sources for scientific equipment and suppliesPOTPOURRI: a variety of 21 lists that defy classification, including "Some Fields of Science and Medicine," "Science Process Skills and Definitions," "Ideas for Science projects" and "Superstitions"In short,The Science Teacher's Book of Listsgives you an unparalleled, all-in-one reference tool packed with information and ideas will save you hours of research and preparation time and help you enliven and enrich both the teaching and the learning of science.