Collaborative Teaching in the Middle Grades: Inquiry Science

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This book allows you to team teach with a science specialist to drive home key library and media curriculum goals. Eight detailed chapters provide background and complete lesson plans that cover both library and general science skills and benchmarks. Included are reproducible student worksheets, tools for assessment, and a suggested resource list. Grades 6-8 Collaborative Teaching in the Middle Grades: Inquiry Science will enable school librarians to pursue the goal of teaching to standards. It offers a comprehensive, detailed guide to collaboration, the process and tips for success, and innovative unit lessons for grades 6-8 that support the AASL's nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning, while designing lessons integrated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Benchmarks for Science Literacy. It provides background material, complete lesson overview, instructional tasks and responsibilities, tools for assessment, and suggested resources in a convenient all-in-one format. Reproducible student worksheets, lesson guides, and assessments are included. Research skills such as selecting and retrieving data, evaluating data, synthesizing data, creating new data, and communicating of information are all be reinforced during each lesson.

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The useful plans and engaging strategies offered in this book will allow library media specialists to work hand in hand with subject specialists to integrate science and information-literacy skills. Lessons designed for both individual and group assignments using print and Internet resources are offered, covering such topics as public health, the human impact on the environment, microorganisms, and nutrition. Becker encourages, promotes, and provides a means to develop a culture of collaboration. * School Library Journal Curriculum Connections *
Starred Review With information literacy skills being critical for today's student to be effective and competitive, it is crucial that library media specialists be an integral part of the teaching process. This resource is designed to assist the media specialist and the science teacher working in tandem to teach information literacy skills within the general science curriculum.This resource will provide the foundation for developing a collaborative environment for teaching information literacy skills within your existing science curriculum. Highly Recommended. * Library Media Connection *

Author Bio

HELAINE BECKER is an experienced educational writer currently living in Toronto, specializing in math, science, and language arts, with over 90 published works. She has written science materials for American Educational Products, spelling supplementals for Rigby, middle school level biographies for school library publisher Blackbirch Press, and math and language materials for Learning Resources.