Description
Warm Up to Science offers student-centered engagement activities for immediate student involvement. Scientifically based research supports the use of this form of frequent conceptual exposure to enhance student understanding.
Activities are designed to require 5–10 minutes of class time and are written with the cognitive rigor demanded by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Students must use critical-thinking skills as they are presented with content-specific activities and engaging visual stimuli, including charts, graphs, and tables. Each activity may be used as an engagement for a new lesson, a method to enhance retention, and a means to support State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) preparation. Activities are grouped by STAAR® reporting categories and sequenced by TEKS number and student expectation.
Each item is presented in a two-page format. In the printed version, the even-numbered pages include supportive teacher notes and activity answer keys. Student activities can be found on the odd-numbered pages and can be photocopied easily for student use.
In the digital version, links provide easy access to each student activity. Advancing to the next page displays the activity answer key and teacher notes. Digital access is provided through the Region 4 Hub with a user license that is set up at the time of purchase. Files can be projected or printed for classroom use.
