creative activities

Presents advice for planning and engaging students in interdisciplinary STEM lessons in multiple content areas, including English and language arts, focusing on engaging students in the "4Cs" of communication, critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity, as well as requiring students to take risks to solve problems.

Science stars can transform recycled materials into science-themed crafts. Convert old clothing into space gear using ice, turn broken crayons into a candle with heat, and grow crystallized candy in a recycled jar. Photos and detailed instructions walk you through each step.

Provides twenty-six different kinds of activities and resources--one for each letter of the alphabet--for teaching grades five through nine about invertebrates, such as science projects, games and puzzles, and a bibliography.

Provides information about ancient Rome, covering government, society, daily life, architecture, civilization, children, and Pompeii; and includes activities related to each topic.

Contains 180 reproducible skill-building math problems with companion practice worksheets designed to help students in grades five through eight improve their math skills.

Presents a collection of assessment options designed for the intermediate and middle grades including activities, pull-out curriculum and project planner, strategies for group discussions, and sample record forms.

Offers strategies, advice, and encouragement to first year middle school teachers, discussing classroom procedures and routines, the classroom environment, the first day of school, planning and lesson design, how to motivate students, assessment, and how to connect with parents.

Describes thirteen projects for intermediate-level students in the areas of language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science that incorporate the use of the "Inspiration" visual thinking and learning software application; and includes a CD-ROM with templates and project samples.

A guide to teaching Carole Marsh's "The Mystery on Alaska's Iditarod Trail," featuring trivia, historical facts, and other information to help teachers become experts on the Iditarod race, Alaska, dogsleds, and snow; activity ideas with reproducible worksheets; curriculum connections; and additional comments from the author.

Offers information and advice to teachers on how to use Carole Marsh's "The Mystery on the Underground Railroad" in the classroom, including additional facts related to the topic, comments from the author, curriculum connections, and activity ideas with reproducible worksheets.