From School Library Journal
A navigation tool for steering students to excellent scientific resources available on the Internet. The sites included are principally primary documents and other sites that provide reliable data. The purpose of the approach is to give a guided search, aimed at avoiding haphazard surfing. The chapters are arranged chronologically, beginning with Hippocrates and Roger Bacon and continue to writings and speeches from the 21st century. Each lesson begins with a URL and a site summary. A series of tasks follows that would serve as a starting point for science teachers to expand upon, and are designed to trigger discussion and analytical thinking and writing. In addition, a list of related sites to be used in some of the tasks or to broaden an understanding of the topic is included. The 10 appendixes offer such helpful topics as subject guides to Web sites, career data, information available in journals and other periodicals, and Web guides to standards. They alone are very useful, but paired with the lessons, this book becomes a valuable teaching tool.
Elizabeth Stumpf, Clearfield Middle School, PA
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Elizabeth Stumpf, Clearfield Middle School, PA
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
“Each lesson in this valuable collection of science topics includes a summary of a primary source, questions for discussion, well-designed activities to develop critical skills, and annotations for related sites....This book will be of interest to teachers and librarians.”–Curriculum Connections
“This book can guide teachers, middle school students, and older learners to excellent resources available on the Internet that can support their interests and inquiries in the pure and applied sciences. In addition to providing authoritative starting points for examining many interesting contemporary issues in the sciences, the book can help users find original writings that reflect scientific ideas and thinking that were important in the history of science and it's intersections with society(like women in science); it will be an especially valuable resource for teachers.”–Junior High & Young Adult Books
“A navigation tool for steering students to excellent scientific resources available on the Internet....a guided search, aimed at avoiding haphazard surfing....a valuable teaching tool.”–School Library Journal
“This book can guide teachers, middle school students, and older learners to excellent resources available on the Internet that can support their interests and inquiries in the pure and applied sciences. In addition to providing authoritative starting points for examining many interesting contemporary issues in the sciences, the book can help users find original writings that reflect scientific ideas and thinking that were important in the history of science and it's intersections with society(like women in science); it will be an especially valuable resource for teachers.”–
“A navigation tool for steering students to excellent scientific resources available on the Internet....a guided search, aimed at avoiding haphazard surfing....a valuable teaching tool.”–
