1st Edition
Highlighting Crosscutting Concepts in Three-Dimensional Science Lessons A Guide for Middle School Classrooms
Chapter 1: Crosscutting Concepts
Section I: Physical Science Lessons
Chapter 2: Salt Crystals and Lattice Structures
Chapter 3: Molecular Motion
Chapter 4: Modeling Chemical Changes
Chapter 5: May the Force Be with You
Chapter 6: Forces and Motion
Chapter 7: The Physics of Skateboarding
Chapter 8: Energy Transformations!
Chapter 9: What Is the Best Type of Light for Growing Plants in a Greenhouse?
Section II: Life Science Lessons
Chapter 10: Scale and Cells
Chapter 11: The Structure and Function of Cell Components
Chapter 12: Modeling the Digestive System
Chapter 13: Conservation of Matter During Digestion
Chapter 14: Causation vs. Correlation
Chapter 15: Who Wants to Live a Million Years?
Chapter 16: The Hare and the Linx
Chapter 17: Food Chains: More Than Who Eats What
Chapter 18: Rabbits Take Over the World!
Chapter 19: Dynamic Equilibrium and Rabbits
Section III: Earth and Space Science
Chapter 20: Historic vs Geologic Time Lines
Chapter 21: Puzzling Out the Fossil Record
Chapter 22: How Fast Can an Island Move?
Chapter 23: Gravity: What Makes the World Go Around
Chapter 24: Tracking Water and Energy in the Water Cycle
Chapter 25: What Does the Data Show?
Appendices
Biography
Colleen Windell is an independent science consultant and former science teacher as well as a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science.
