Substitute Teacher Lesson Ideas
Made Easy!
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Contact Information
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Educational Innovations
362 Main Avenue
Norwalk CT, 06851
Toll Free: 888-912-7474
www.teachersource.com
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Greetings,
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It's never easy being out of your classroom, even for a day. At Educational Innovations we have stand-alone lesson plan ideas in the event you are unexpectedly away... and even if you're not.
Take a look at some of the products we recommend keeping on hand for just such an occasion! These awesome suggestions need no preparation time and can be easily understood by any substitute asked to step in during your absence.
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| Elementary Classes
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 S is for Science
This is elementary level hands-on science made EASY. These simple, push-button programs are a science lesson on a silver platter. Each lesson and hands-on activity was designed together and are fully integrated, with all materials provided. The DVD delivers the lesson to the class, prompts both students and teacher at key discussion opportunities, then walks the class through the hands-on inquiry. The video offers frequent pauses, allowing each teacher to self-pace. All programs are standards based, and can be completed within an hour or less. Lessons for six different topics are available
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| Middle School Classes
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Physics Quest
Each kit includes four individual activities that engage middle school students in solving a mystery using scientific inquiry. Produced by the American Physical Society, these kits includes a detailed teacher resource book with complete student instructions and the principle materials needed for the experiments.
2006- Join middle school classes across the country as they travel back to 1777 and perform experiments (on electrostatics, circuits, energy transfer and lenses) that will help them decipher a secret message from Ben Franklin.
2007- This kit engages middle school students in scientific inquiry by conducting four separate experiments on thermal energy, allowing them to solve the mystery about the location of Marie Curie's secret school.
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| MIddle School/ High School Classes
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Understanding Car Crashes
What happens to vehicles and their occupants in crashes is determined by science. "You can't argue with the laws of physics, " says Griff Jones, an award-winning high school physics teacher who goes behind the scenes at the Institute's Vehicle Research Center to explore the basic science behind car crashes. (22 minutes)
"The video and accompanying teacher's guide are wonderful. The pacing is excellent, the coverage fascinating, and most importantly, the physics is correct. It's a first rate teaching package. I give it five stars!"
-Paul G. Hewitt, author of Conceptual Physics
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NOVA Videos
NOVA is the longest running science show on television, offering an informative and entertaining approach to challenging subjects. NOVA produces outstanding educational videos for the science classroom. Educational Innovations carries all the best video titles. See our full line of outstanding NOVA DVD's. Especially good to leave with a substitute are the following: Absolute Zero, Becoming Green, Fireworks, and the Unknown World. Ask students to write 5 questions with answers based on the DVD watched.
  
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| All Ages
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Hall Pass Timer
Help students manage the amount of time they are out of the classroom with this awesome tool. Time can only be set when the Hall Pass is standing in the Teacher Monitor Unit. The same time is kept on both the Hall Pass and the Teacher Monitor Unit, so students cannot reset the Hall Pass once it is removed from the Monitor. Time's Up warning lights and an alarm aid the students in minimizing their time away from the classroom. The Teacher Monitor Unit has a memory function for the past three uses. Includes two AAA Batteries.
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We hope these product suggestions will better prepare you, your substitute, and ultimately your students for great science lessons that are educational, entertaining, and interactive.
Thank you for making Educational Innovations your preferred science supply company!
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| Ron Perkins, Tami O'Connor
& The Team At Educational Innovations |
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