Jumpstarters for Life Science Author:Gary Raham, Gary Raham Just as warm-up exercises help an athlete prepare for a race, these short, daily warm-up activities will aid students in preparing for the day's lessons with challenging life science activities. The reproducible activities can be used separately day-by-day; as transparencies; as a useful aid to reinforce the week's lessons; for whole class lesso... more »ns; given as a whole sheet to be kept in a binder; or for something to keep on hand in a learning center. Topics covered in this book include the diversity of life, energy flow in living communities, organization of the human body, life cycles of the weird and wonderful, descent and change over time, and humans in the web of life. Each section of the book focuses on a science process skill such as observing, asking, understanding, figuring out, doing, and finding out. Metric activities and conversion tables are also included. Answer keys are provided at the back of the book.« less