Science Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain, Dec/2010
| Author(s) | Marcia L. Tate, Warren G. Phillips |
| ISBN10 | 1412978475 |
| ISBN13 | 9781412978477 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 192 |
| Year Publish | 2010 December |
Synopsis
"Tate and Phillips provide research-based strategies that will shape your students' learning. From music to graphics to technology, they show educators how to incorporate methods that will excite students and make science memorable."
—Emily Neddersen, Lead Science Teacher, Myford Elementary School, Tustin, CA
A brain-friendly guide for motivating students to live, eat, and breathe science!
Best-selling author and renowned educator Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark practicality to teachers seeking the latest brain-compatible tools for engaging students and bringing science to life in the classroom. Co-authored with award-winning science teacher Warren G. Phillips, this must-have resource includes 20 proven brain-compatible strategies and 250 activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to integrate national science content standards into their curriculum with visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile experiences that maximize retention, including:
- Music, rhythm, rhyme, and rap
- Storytelling and humor
- Graphic organizers, semantic maps, and word webs
- Manipulatives, experiments, labs, and models
- Internet and Excel projects
The book covers a full range of K–12 science subjects, including physical, life, earth and space science, and provides brain-compatible sample lesson plans. Each chapter offers real-life examples; a what, why, and how for each strategy; activities; and note pages for brainstorming how to implement these exciting new ideas.
About The Author:
Marcia L. Tate, EdD, is the former executive director of professional development for the DeKalb County School System, Decatur, Georgia and has been presenting to adult audiences for more than 25 years. During her 30-year career with the school district, she has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and staff development executive director. She received the Distinguished Staff Development Award for the State of Georgia, and her department was chosen to receive the Exemplary Program Award for the state.
Marcia is currently an educational consultant and has taught more than 350,000 administrators, teachers, parents, and business and community leaders throughout the world, including Australia, Egypt, Hungary, Singapore, Thailand, and New Zealand. She is the author of the following five bestsellers: Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies that Engage the Brain; “Sit & Get” Won’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Professional Learning Strategies That Engage the Adult Brain; Reading and Language Arts Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Literacy Strategies that Engage the Brain; Shouting Won’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Techniques for Managing a Brain-compatible Classroom; Mathematics Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Numeracy Strategies That Engage the Brain as well as the texts, Science Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain, and Social Studies Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain. She is also the author of a popular book for parents called Preparing Children for Success in School and in Life: 20 Ways to Increase Your Child’s Brain Power. Participants in her workshops refer to them as “some of the best ones they have ever experienced” since Marcia uses the 20 strategies outlined in her books to actively engage her audiences.
Marcia received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and elementary education from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her master’s degree in remedial reading from the University of Michigan, her specialist degree in educational leadership from Georgia State University, and her doctorate in educational leadership from Clark Atlanta University. Spelman College awarded her the Apple Award for excellence in the field of education.
Marcia is married to Tyrone Tate and is the proud mother of three children: Jennifer, Jessica, and Christopher and the doting grandmother of two granddaughters, Christian and Aidan.
