Hi my name is Don and I'm a Pre K-12 Science Sales Representative here at Kendall Hunt Publishing. I'm very excited to be blogging about my knowledge of science textbooks & inquiry based science. I've been at Kendall Hunt for 14 years and have had the opportunity to work with various districts across the U.S. and I look forward to sharing some of my findings and ideas with you.Hi my name is Don and I'm a Pre K-12 Science Sales Representative here at Kendall Hunt Publishing. I'm very excited to be blogging about my knowledge of science textbooks & inquiry based science. I've been at Kendall Hunt for 14 years and have had the opportunity to work with various districts across the U.S. and I look forward to sharing some of my findings and ideas with you.How many times have you heard, why do you need to know this stuff? I'm sure that if you had a nickel for every time you heard it, you would be rich. I'm happy to say that Kendall Hunt Publishing has a chemistry textbook that will answer that question. Kendall Hunt Chemistry is engaging with a new thematic approach to help students discover chemistry in their lives. Core concepts are introduced within 12 real-life chapter themes. The chemistry needed to understand the theme is 
introduced within each chapter so that students see the relevance and cross-concept connections of chemistry in their everyday lives.
The textbook is designed to engage all students and provide an application-based approach that is college-preparatory in its rigor. In the end, this program includes real inquiry- both students designing their own experiments and students being guided by careful questioning to discover concepts before lecture/reading about them.
Click Here to take a look at the Kendall Hunt Chemistry textbook.
introduced within each chapter so that students see the relevance and cross-concept connections of chemistry in their everyday lives.The textbook is designed to engage all students and provide an application-based approach that is college-preparatory in its rigor. In the end, this program includes real inquiry- both students designing their own experiments and students being guided by careful questioning to discover concepts before lecture/reading about them.
Click Here to take a look at the Kendall Hunt Chemistry textbook.
A couple of weeks ago I posted a blog about my high school biology experience and what effect it had on me. Now I ask you, is there really such a thing as a high school biology book that will help all students? I truly believe that there is, and the book is BSCS Biology: A Human Approach. This textbook involves students in conceptual biology by using a human perspective, organizes content around six unifying themes, teaches through inquiry, plenty of hands on activities, and uses the 5E 
instructional model. A model that was developed through research by BSCS. With its emphasis on a human perspective, the text presents biology in a context that will be relevant to students' lifelong learning. Teachers have commented they found BSCS Biology A Human Approach was effective in helping students with multiple abilities and learning styles grasp the basic understandings and skills of biology. When looking for a new high school biology textbook, take a real good look at BSCS Biology: A Human Approach. Click here to go to website.
instructional model. A model that was developed through research by BSCS. With its emphasis on a human perspective, the text presents biology in a context that will be relevant to students' lifelong learning. Teachers have commented they found BSCS Biology A Human Approach was effective in helping students with multiple abilities and learning styles grasp the basic understandings and skills of biology. When looking for a new high school biology textbook, take a real good look at BSCS Biology: A Human Approach. Click here to go to website.Back in High School, I had wonderful teachers. I wanted to preface this before I went any further. I took all of the classes that were required for freshmen. During my freshaman year, my last class of the day was biology. My teacher, who will remain anonymous because she may be reading this, was instrumental in me not having any interest in science at all. She would lecture, lecture, lecture, and lecture some more. There was so much lecturing going on that my high school biology textbook didn't get much use at all. I can still picture the view of the neighborhood as I gazed out the window during class. As the school year went on, the more I disliked biology and the more my teacher sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher. The problem was that I was an active learner. I needed to be involved. I needed to get my hands dirty.
I went away to college and based off of my high school science experience, I decided to put off my college science requirements until my senior year. One of the courses that was offered was Introduction to Inquiry Biology. Let me tell you, this was nothing like my high school biology course. It was engaging and we had discussions in each class. I found myself taking the lead on many of the group assignments. I was amazed as to how biology could be taught in two different ways. I then began to ask what would have happened if I would have had a course like this in high school. Would I have majored in the science field of study. How many students are missing out on science because they are students like me and had a high school biology class like mine. I strongly believe that if you have a chance to implement an inquiry based science program in your school, do it. Why, you ask? Because Don said so.
I went away to college and based off of my high school science experience, I decided to put off my college science requirements until my senior year. One of the courses that was offered was Introduction to Inquiry Biology. Let me tell you, this was nothing like my high school biology course. It was engaging and we had discussions in each class. I found myself taking the lead on many of the group assignments. I was amazed as to how biology could be taught in two different ways. I then began to ask what would have happened if I would have had a course like this in high school. Would I have majored in the science field of study. How many students are missing out on science because they are students like me and had a high school biology class like mine. I strongly believe that if you have a chance to implement an inquiry based science program in your school, do it. Why, you ask? Because Don said so.
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