Life Science for Middle School Teacher's Guide

The following topics are covered in this curriculum:Life, Viruses, Bacteria, Protoctists, and Fungi, Plants, Animals, The Human Body, Genetics and Heredity, and Ecology. The Teacher's Guide Includes: Extensive background information integrating a Christian perspective. Detailed teaching strategies with clear unit and lesson objectives. Reduced student text pages. Blackline masters with suggestions for their use. Each chapter and unit end with a test (with and without answers). Christian Schools International's science curriculum leads students to see God's hand in the world around them. The materials will enrich their knowledge of creation, affirm their faith in the creator, and empower them to be good stewards of creation. All grade levels reflect National Science Education Standards. Layouts, graphics, charts, photographs, diagrams, and texts include updated corrections and references to contemporary issues and incidents. Easy-to-use teacher guides provide flexible options for lessons, activities, and cross-curriculum planning. Most lessons (grades 3-8) include Student Objectives, Vocabulary, Discover activities, and options for reinforcement, review, and assessment. Each unit includes a list of contemporary science resources for students and teachers, and some units contain a list of project ideas. Life, Earth, and Physical middle school science books are written from the perspective of "let's find out" about God's world. Each book has over 100 lessons that are student-centered and active, encouraging students to form their own hypotheses and devise ways to test them.