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    The Solar System, Grades 5 - 8: Connecting Students to Science
    The Solar System, Grades 5 - 8: Connecting Students to Science
    The Solar System, Grades 5 - 8: Connecting Students to Science
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    The Solar System, Grades 5 - 8: Connecting Students to Science

    By Don Powers and John B. Beaver

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    Connect students in grades 5 and up with science using The Solar System. In this 80-page book, students explore the solar system through activities covering sky domes, a time zone finder, measuring the sun's location, eclipses, and scaling. The book includes historical perspectives, solar system concepts and facts, inquiry-based activities, challenge questions, extension activities, assessments, literature connections, curriculum resources, a bibliography, and materials lists. This book supports National Science Education Standards and NCTM standards.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarson-Dellosa Publishing
    Release dateAug 24, 2009
    ISBN9781580378734
    The Solar System, Grades 5 - 8: Connecting Students to Science

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