1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480322503321

Autore

Almarode John

Titolo

Captivate, activate, and invigorate the student brain in science and math, grades 6-12 / / John Almarode & Ann M. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , 2016

ISBN

1-4522-8506-3

1-4522-8510-1

1-4522-8509-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

507.1073

Soggetti

Science - Study and teaching (Middle school) - Activity programs

Science - Study and teaching (Secondary) - Activity programs

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Middle school) - Activity programs

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Secondary) - Activity programs

Motivation in education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CAPTIVATE, ACTIVATE, AND INVIGORATE THE STUDENT BRAIN IN SCIENCE AND MATH-FRONT COVER""; ""CAPTIVATE, ACTIVATE, AND INVIGORATE THE STUDENT BRAIN IN SCIENCE AND MATH  ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""CHAPTER 1: THE RECIPE FOR AN ENGAGED BRAIN""; ""CHAPTER 2: BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE""; ""CHAPTER 3: PRIME THE BRAIN: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE""; ""CHAPTER 4: CAPTIVATE WITH NOVELTY""; ""CHAPTER 5: WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW THIS? ESTABLISHING RELEVANCE""; ""CHAPTER 6: TOO MUCH, TOO FAST: MAINTAINING AN ENGAGING PACE""

""CHAPTER 7: MAKE LEARNING A LONG-LASTING, INVIGORATING EXPERIENCE""""CHAPTER 8: BUILDING AN ENGAGING SCIENCE OR MATHEMATICS LESSON AND UNIT""; ""APPENDIX A: UNIT INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN""; ""APPENDIX B: DAILY LESSON PLAN""; ""INDEX""

Sommario/riassunto

Are your lessons falling on unengaged ears? Maybe it's time to mix



things up! John Almarode and Ann Miller provide numerous strategies and a model for developing engaging science and math lessons and units that captivate students, activate prior knowledge, and invigorate student interest by making lessons rigorous and relevant.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143446303321

Titolo

Phytoplankton productivity [[electronic resource] ] : carbon assimilation in marine and freshwater ecosystems / / edited by Peter J. le B. Williams, David N. Thomas and Colin S. Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002

ISBN

1-280-23749-X

9786610237494

0-470-70892-1

0-470-99520-3

1-4051-5093-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsPeter J. leB

ThomasDavid N <1962-> (David Neville)

ReynoldsColin S

NielsenE. Steemann <1907-1989.> (Einer Steemann)

Disciplina

579.81776

Soggetti

Phytoplankton

Marine phytoplankton

Freshwater phytoplankton

Marine ecology

Freshwater ecology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Phytoplankton Productivity; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 A Biography of Einer Steemann Nielsen: the Man and his Science; Chapter 2 History of the Study of Plankton



Productivity; Chapter 3 Physiology and Biochemistry of Photosynthesis and Algal Carbon Acquisition; Chapter 4 Approaches to the Measurement of Plankton Production; Chapter 5 Supply and Uptake of Inorganic Nutrients; Chapter 6 Variability of Plankton and Plankton Processes on the Mesoscale; Chapter 7 Assessment of Primary Production at the Global Scale

Chapter 8 On the Interannual Variability in Phytoplankton Production in FreshwatersChapter 9 Sustained and Aperiodic Variability in Organic Matter Production and Phototrophic Microbial Community Structure in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre; Chapter 10 Regional-scale Influences on the Long-term Dynamics of Lake Plankton; Chapter 11 Ecosystem Function and Degradation; Chapter 12 On the Evolution of the Carbon Cycle; Chapter 13 Marine Productivity: Footprints of the Past and Steps into the Future; Appendix Steemann Nielsen's Publications; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This landmark publication takes the 50th anniversary of the publication of the seminal paper by the Danish scientist, Einer Steemann Nielsen, as an occasion to assess the development, present state and future of the major aspects in freshwater and marine plankton productivity. Each chapter of this important work has been written by internationally-acknowledged experts in the subject, and the whole has been carefully drawn together and edited to provide a book that is an essential tool and reference for all aquatic scientists. The book takes ascending temporal and spatial size scale as it



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797266503321

Titolo

From stigma to assertion : untouchability, identity and politics in early and modern India / / edited by Mikael Aktor and Robert Deiege ; consultant, Tabish Khair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Copenhagen, Denmark : , : Museum Tusculanum Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

87-635-3635-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

305.5/6880954

Soggetti

Dalits - Government policy - India

Dalits - Legal status, laws, etc - India

Caste - India

India Social conditions Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

""Frontpage""; ""Titlepage""; ""Colophone ""; ""Table of contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Robert Deliège: INTRODUCTION. Is There Still Untouchability in India?""; ""2. Mikael Aktor: UNTOUCHABILITY INBRAHMINICAL LAW BOOKS. Ritual and Economic Control""; ""3. Eleanor Zelliot: THE EARLY VOICES OF UNTOUCHABLES. The Bhakti Saints""; ""4. Jocelyn Clarke: UNTOUCHABILITY AND THE INDIAN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT""; ""5. Andrew Wyatt: DALIT THEOLOGY AND THE POLITICS OF UNTOUCHABILITY AMONG THE INDIAN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES""; ""6. Simon Charsley: UNTOUCHABLE IDENTITY AND ITS RECONSTRUCTION""

""7. Kathinka Frøystad: RELEGITIMIZING CASTE DISCRIMINATION IN UTTAR PRADESH. Towards a Post-Mandal Untouchability?""""8. Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirsky: CASTE AS A POLITICAL TOOL.The Case of the Carmakars of Dharavi(Mumbai)""; ""Contributors""; ""Back cover ""