The Science I Know: Culturally Relevant Science Lessons from Secondary Classrooms is a collection of culturally relevant lesson plans written by secondary science teachers. Each lesson discusses how the tenets of academic success, cultural competence and critical consciousness that are part of the theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (CRP) are addressed (Ladson-Billings, 1995). Additionally, each lesson plan is structured following the 5E learning cycle (Bybee, 2006) and aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NAS, 2012). The goal of this book is to help science teachers understand how to go about designing lessons that are culturally relevant. The hope is that the lessons that are detailed in each chapter will inspire teachers to draw the cultural knowledge from their students and capitalize on it when designing science lessons.

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Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I Setting the Stage -- ONE The Shifting Role of Science Education -- TWO The 5E Instructional Model and the Next Generation Science Standards -- THREE Why Culturally Relevant Pedagogy? -- FOUR How to Use this Book -- Part II Culturally Relevant Lessons -- FIVE Lessons from the Classroom -- LESSON PLAN 5.1 Human Activities and Biodiversity: Tara Conner -- LESSON PLAN 5.2 Cultural Influences on Diet: Barbara J. Parks -- LESSON PLAN 5.3 Exploring Mendelian Inheritance Patterns Anne Norviel -- LESSON PLAN 5.4 Diversity Benefits Us All: Melissa Volante -- LESSON PLAN 5.5 Rhymes and Rhythms of the Body: Ansley Talafous -- LESSON PLAN 5.6 How Do Fireworks Work?: Larry Layfield -- LESSON PLAN 5.7 Energy Transformations: Sarah Brown -- LESSON PLAN 5.8 Heat Transfer in the Kitchen and -- LESSON PLAN 5.9 Little Star: Perri Lennon -- SIX Lessons by the Author -- LESSON PLAN 6.1 Renewable Sources of Energy Around the World -- LESSON PLAN 6.2 Sport Injuries -- LESSON PLAN 6.3 Exploring Friction -- LESSON PLAN 6.4 Genetically Modified Foods -- PART III Next Steps-Becoming a Culturally Relevant Science Teacher -- SEVEN Ten Best Practices for Incorporating Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in the Science Classroom -- EIGHT Designing Culturally Relevant Science Lessons -- Appendix A-Lesson Resources -- About the Authors -- Index.