Having trouble getting the information you want? Not sure what a Teaching Box is? Here's some hints to help you navigate MyScienceBox. Don't see the information you are looking for? Post a comment in this area and I'll answer your question as soon as I can.
Absolutely! Just go to the summary page of the lesson you are interested in. You should find a Microsoft Word (.doc) attachment at the bottom of the page. Click on that and the entire lesson plan should download to your computer.
Please respect the copyright. Tell others that the idea came from Irene Salter and don't sell the lesson.
Of course! Feel free to modify the content for your own students and needs. Download the attached Microsoft Word documents and change them around to your heart's content. Please come back to MySciceneBox later to let us know what you did and how it went.
Please do! Other teachers (myself included) would love to know your thoughts and ideas. However, you do need to create a username and register in order to post comments. To create a profile for yourself, click on the "create new account" link below the login area on the left hand side of any page.
Go to the summary page for the lesson plan (the one with the summary, objectives and vocabulary). At the bottom of the page, click on "printer-friendly version". Then print from your web browser.
The "teaching box" is an organizational tool used by teachers around the world. It's the accumulation of ideas, materials, and lessons around a particular topic that you can pull off a shelf and find everything you need to teach about that topic. In the non-virtual classroom, a teaching box takes the form of a cardboard box full of materials and papers. Sometimes it takes the form of a binder crammed with notes, ideas, and lesson plans. The teaching boxes you'll find at My Science Box hopefully provide you with everything you need to teach a unit: lesson plans, assessments, field trip planning materials, resources and tips.
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Attachments such as homework assignments, student handouts, and entire lesson plans are found in 2 places. You can find them at the bottom of the summary page of the lesson to which that attachment belongs. You can also find them at the bottom of the pages that refer to that assignment. For example, a homework assignment for Ecology Box's lesson 2. Soil Analysis is found on both the summary page for lesson 2 and also on the assessment page for that lesson.
Since I teach in California, all the lessons on this web site are aligned with the Science Content Standards for California Public Schools. Someday, I hope to add the alignment to the National Science Standards.