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When schools around the world announced plans to shut down and switch to remote learning, many teachers were left scrambling. A move to virtual learning meant teachers had to implement new online platforms, new workspaces and new ways of communicating and connecting with students no longer in front of them. Author Alex Kajitani’s 101 tips for teaching online: helping students think, learn, and grow – no where they are! features succinct, practical tips to help any teacher make the most of online teaching. With research-based advice relating to student engagement, classroom management, assessment, self-care and more, this book provides accessible strategies that will help educators streamline the virtual education process and create a healthier learning environment for both students and teachers.

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Many gifted kids do not feel understood or supported. High ability can be both an asset and a burden, both a strength and a vulnerability. This book is about that paradox – and the importance of understanding and supporting bright children and teens. This practical guide shares how to engage them meaningfully, embrace their complexity, think beyond stereotypes and address a broad range of potential concerns.

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A call to action that is both passionate and practical, Five practices for equity-focused school leadership is an indispensable roadmap for educators undertaking the journey toward an education system that acknowledges and advances the worth and potential of all students.

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Designed as a guide to school reform, this resource outlines a series of ten small-scale changes powerful enough to make a lasting impact. Promote F-12 student growth through research-based instructional strategies, performance-based assessments and social-emotional learning (SEL).

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Learning science content has never been so fun and interactive. This book features Kagan cooperative learning structures such as: find someone who, pairs check, corners, mix-n-match, word webbing and give one get one to make science learning motivating and memorable. You’ll find loads of age-appropriate activity ideas and ready-to-use blackline masters for each of the following science classes: biology, chemistry, earth science, physical science, and general and lab science. Your secondary science class will be humming with excitement.

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French class has never been so engaging! Instead of listening to the teacher and doing independent paper and pencil practice, students interact with partners and teammates using Kagan structures. Through creative, structured activities, students discuss, ask questions, give directions, write, quiz, interview and coach. All of this interaction in French translates into more functional communication and more learning. Students don’t just learn about French. They acquire French through meaningful use. The fifteen chapters cover: community, clothes, weather, school, food, professions, daily activities, geography, time, date, music, movies, sports, verbs and adjectives. Fully engage your French students tout de suite!

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In this massive, activity-rich resource guide, you will find cooperative structures and activities to teach the fundamentals for singing, playing instruments, reading and notating music. Use this book as an entire music curriculum or pick and choose activities to enliven your music class.

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Are you interested in using argument-driven inquiry for high school lab instruction but just aren't sure how to do it? Argument-Driven Inquiry in Physics, Volume 1 focuses on mechanics and will provide you with the information and instructional materials you need to start using this method right away. The book is divided into two basic parts: an introduction to the stages of argument-driven inquiry, and a well-organised series of 23 field-tested labs designed to be much more authentic for instruction than traditional laboratory activities. The book features easy-to-use, reproducible student pages, teacher notes and checkout questions. The labs also support today’s standards and will help your students learn science practices, crosscutting concepts and disciplinary core ideas.

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Argument-Driven Inquiry in Physics, Volume 1 is a one-stop source of expertise, advice and investigations to help physics students work like scientists. The book includes a well-organised series of 23 field-tested labs that cover a variety of topics related to mechanics, including forces and interactions, energy, work and power. You can use the introduction labs to acquaint students with new content or the application labs for deeper exploration of the use of a theory, law or unifying concept. Student Lab Manual for Argument-Driven Inquiry in Physics, Volume 1 provides the student materials you need to guide your students through these investigations. With lab details, safety information and handouts, your students will be ready to start investigating.

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Argument-Driven Inquiry in Earth and Space Science is a one-stop source of expertise, advice and investigations to help Earth and space sciences students work the way scientists do. The book includes a well-organised series of 23 field-tested labs that cover a variety of topics. You can use the introduction labs to acquaint students with new content or the application labs for deeper exploration of the use of a theory, law or unifying concept. The labs will also help your student learn science and engineering practices, disciplinary core idea and crosscutting concepts. The Student Lab Manual provides the student materials you need to guide your students through these investigations. With lab details, safety information and handouts, your students will be ready to start investigating.

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Problem: You’re eager to expand your physics curriculum and engage your students with engineering content but you don’t know how. Solution: Use the approach and lessons in Beyond the Egg Drop to infuse engineering into what you’re already teaching, without sacrificing time for teaching physics concepts. In addition to a thorough discussion on the rationale, justification, meaning, and implementation of integrating engineering into your science curriculum, this book provides 24 flexible, engineering-infused physics lessons that cover mechanics, optics, electricity, and thermodynamics. Lessons also include examples of student work; incorporate strategies for assessment, teaching, and student learning; and connect to A Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. 　 
And like the venerable egg-drop experiment, these are classroom-tested lessons that are designed to truly engage your students. You can tell your students will tune in from the lesson titles—from “Bumper Cars” to “Zombie Apocalypse Flashlight.” Developed as part of Project Infuse, a National Science Foundation study, the lessons in Beyond the Egg Drop will make it easier to include engineering concepts and skills without having to restructure your existing physics curriculum.
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Introducing Cells, a Dr Birdley Teaches Science book, explains critical concepts in science using words, images and characters. It is focused on standards-based learning objectives and makes science accessible to all learners. It exemplifies good science teaching. Following the outline provided, teachers help students warm up by assessing prior knowledge and developing vocabulary, learn about a new concept with the source cartoon, apply the new concepts in independent practice, and assess new learning with quizzes and tests that check for understanding of key ideas. Introducing Cells features biology topics including: why cells are important, smallest units of life, discovering cells, hierarchy of life, characteristics of life, the cell theory and one-celled organisms.

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