NSTA's Take-Home Physics: 65 High-Impact, Low-Cost Labs Helps Busy Teachers Make More Classroom Time

October 7, 2009

Arlington, VA /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Take-Home Physics is an excellent resource for high school physics teachers who want to devote more classroom time to complex concepts while challenging their students with hands-on homework assignments. NSTA's new volume presents 65 take-home physics labs that use ordinary, inexpensive household items to tackle motion and kinematics; forces and energy; waves, sound, and light; and electricity and magnetism. Students learn background knowledge, reinforce basic process skills, practice discovery, and bridge classroom learning with real-world application.

In addition to freeing up classroom time by sending in-class labs home, teachers can integrate science and literacy by requiring the use of lab notebooks with formal write-ups. The lab results are also ideal for assessing student comprehension. A material list and safety notes, as well as both student activity pages and teacher notes are included.

Thought-provoking, engaging, and standards-based, this book is the perfect vehicle for increasing students' physics proficiency and retention, while simultaneously getting them excited about homework.

About the Author
Michael Horton taught chemistry and physics in Southern California for more than a decade. He is presently the science coordinator for the Riverside County Office of Education.

You can browse sample pages of this new book free at the NSTA Science Store website at www.nsta.org/store.

The Arlington, Va.-based National Science Teachers Association is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership includes more than 60,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in science education.

NSTA Press( )produces 15-25 new books each year. Focused on the PreK-college market and specifically aimed at teachers of science, NSTA Press titles offer a unique blend of accurate scientific content and sound teaching strategies.

SOURCE National Science Teachers Association