Use these resources to integrate the nature and process of science into your teaching at grades 6-8.

Know your students What are 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students' abilities and how will this impact your teaching? Nature of the middle school student Implications for instruction Implications for student learning about the nature and process of science Getting started Tips for the teacher: General approaches for emphasizing what science is and how it works Sample starting activities: Suggestions for kicking off the school year Introducing the Science Flowchart Integrating the nature and process of science Identifying your learning goals Modifying your current lessons Samples of modified lessons Exemplary lessons Teaching tools: Visual/conceptual aids and strategies for using them

And be sure to take advantage of the additional, all-level resources shown to the right.

Nature of the middle school student

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