Teacher's Quest Guide: Aristotle Leads the Way (The Story of Science) [Spiral-bound]

Johns Hopkins University (Author)

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Publication Date: December 1, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1588342514 | ISBN-13: 978-1588342515

This rich, multidisciplinary curriculum to accompany Joy Hakim’s The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way covers astronomy, physics, and chemistry from Mesopotamia to the Middle Ages. The course of study is divided into five units. Each unit includes an introduction (with background information, a materials list, and standards correlated to the narrative and teaching materials) and nine class sessions. The Teacher’s Quest Guide includes embedded reading strategies to facilitate greater comprehension, hands-on science experiments to encourage learning by discovery, timeline activities, and several review and assessment activities for each unit. Students will enjoy a time-traveling cartoon character, Professor Quest, who summarizes the main point of each lesson. Multiple cross-curricular links suggest additional activities in math, language arts, history, art, and other subjects to extend learning. The accompanying Student's Quest Guide includes all necessary student worksheets. This curriculum is ideal for traditional science classes, enrichment programs, and home-school settings.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 440 pages
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books (December 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588342514
• ISBN-13: 978-1588342515
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 1.3 x 10.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #338,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great way to teach history and science, February 15, 2010

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This review is from: Teacher's Quest Guide: Aristotle Leads the Way (The Story of Science) (Spiral-bound)

I have been using these materials for ninth grade science in my home school curriculum. Our family had read the books previously and loved them and so having the lesson plans has been wonderful. The teachers guide is easy to use and has activities that are fun to do and give students a very good overview of what it was like to be a scientist in early history and just how intelligent early scientists were. They also show students that they are using the concepts that were discovered many years ago all the time today. The activities include experiments as well as math formulas for finding areas of triangles and how number patterns work as well as other cool things. One of our favorites is the timeline, which we have all along one wall of our house. It really helps with historical perspective. It is not at all difficult for ninth grade. I make some of the lessons a little more challenging. These lessons could be used from sixth grade up I would think, with just a little more help, depending on reading levels and math skills. I would totally recommend these books.