Teacher Support

Teacher Edition

Every lesson guides you through activities, probing questions, misconception alerts, differentiated instruction, and vocabulary support. You'll find preparation tips, troubleshooting advice, and expected results for each inquiry level. And point-of-use references direct you to relevant online resources.

Unit Planning

Start with the unit planning pages to review and plan how to teach using the print program, digital curriculum, hands-on inquiry, or your own personalized blend of all three.

Lesson Planning

Lesson support gives you background knowledge and strategies to develop inquiry skills, along with detailed learning goals and supporting concepts for each key topic.

Teaching Tips

Suggestions and estimated times for each activity help you select the right lesson for the your students and plan your time effectively.

Online Teaching and Planning

ScienceFusion is a comprehensive, multimodal science program that provides all the digital tools teachers need to engage students in inquiry-based learning. The Teacher Online Management Center, at thinkcentral.com, is designed to make it easier for teachers to access program resources to plan, teach, assess, and track.

  • Program resources can be easily previewed in PDF format and downloaded for editing.
  • Assign and schedule resources online, and they will appear in your students’ inboxes.
  • All quizzes and tests can be taken and automatically scored online.
  • Easily monitor and track student progress.

Assessment Options

ScienceFusion assessment options give you maximum flexibility in assessing what your students know and what they can do. Both the print and digital options include formative and summative assessment. Program resources can be easily previewed in PDF format and downloaded for editing.

Assessment Guide

The Assessment Guide is your directory to assessment in the program. All tests are available and editable in ExamView® and online at thinkcentral.com. The print Assessment Guide includes:

  • Unit Reviews, Pretests, and Posttests
  • Alternative Assessments
  • Performance-Based Assessments
  • Answer Keys

Online Assessment

The Online Assessment includes

  • Assignable, leveled assessments for individuals
  • Customizable lesson quizzes and unit tests
  • Individual and whole-class reporting

NSTA Professional Development

HMH’s partnership with National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) provides custom professional development for every unit. Professional Development materials are a mix of online learning objects, journal and book chapter materials, and other various resources. Teachers have 24/7 access to quality professional development from the science experts.

 

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