Discovery Books©

• Clear Objectives
• Real World Applications
• Materials Lists
• Diagrams
• Detailed Procedures
• Thinking Questions
• Teaching Notes

The Teaching Tank® Discovery Book, Volume Two© continues the tradition of clearly defined and easy to use science lessons. The basic design of Volume Two is the same as in Volume One, but we have added two short sections, Emphasized Skills and Application to the Real World to allow you to quickly see the relevance of the concept that is being investigated. These new sections along with the popular Thinking Questions and Teaching Notes, which clarify and give additional information, will provide the background for a successful investigation. The Materials section and easy to follow Procedure section provide the "nuts and bolts" of the lesson and virtually guarantee a lesson that is easy and fun too!

The Teaching Tank® and The Teaching Tank DISCOVERY BOOKS© are designed to stimulate students so that they can experience what science is, by allowing them to do what a scientist does. The lessons are not only observational, they are specifically written to foster student hands-on experimentation. They are also written covering a variety of levels with an inquiry approach to discovery learning, specifically stressing the science skills of observing, measuring, calculating, interpreting data, formulating hypotheses, controlling variables, and experimenting. The use of this book and The Teaching TankTM creates a more exciting, and very visual way, for teachers to demonstrate a science principle or for students to actually complete the investigation themselves safely.

The lessons in this book have "educational versatility" in that they can be utilized from Kindergarten through College. The same experiment could easily be modified by teachers for their particular science lesson objectives and needs. This book is perfect for Homeschool families and parents who want to share the excitement of science with their children. This discovery book is not intended to be a complete science curriculum, but it will add excitement to your lessons, enhance student learning, integrate science disciplines, motivate students, lessen discipline problems, and stimulate creative and critical thinking skills.

In the past, students were asked to view and perform experiments in small test tubes or beakers. These students were very limited as to what they could actually observe due to the size, shape, and visual distortion of those small containers. Teachers were also having a very difficult time. They were trying to perform classroom demonstrations for the whole class using these same small containers. There was a need to develop a product that would be larger in size, exhibit greater visual clarity, and have good depth of vision. The Teaching TankTM is that product. It is the perfect teaching tool for every science classroom. Students are able to explore more and receive immediate feedback, literally "right before their eyes". The large double-sided viewing surface gives students on both sides of the tank the same directly observable science experience.

The Teaching Tank® is a unique science teaching tool with a set of characteristics all its own, there is no other such teaching tool on the market today. The DISCOVERY BOOKS© are the perfect companions to the Tank and will help you discover how easy and fun doing science can really be.