Notable Books for Teachers

Written by Tik Liem, this is potentially one of the greatest collections of activities and experiments that generally take the least amount of time. Roughly 80-90% of these experiments and demonstrations are the type where you will likely just need to find a few pieces of equipment that you might already have. In addition to this, it has an excellent introductory chapter where Dr.Liem explains why it is critical for students to make discoveries (and mistakes) through experimentation in science.

Science Is... is a nicely collected group of activities and experiments for younger grades, likely geared from about grades kindergarten to seven or eight, that have been categorized in this book into three different categories based on the time needed for each activity. "Quickies" are the activities that can be fit into one class (or perhaps a class of explanation/preparation for students, and a class for the activity itself), "Make Time" are activities that will likely need anywhere from one to three classes, and then lastly, "One Leads to Another" are longer activities that are rather conducive to students establishing higher-level thinking through such activities.