Differentiating Instruction With Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: Science for grades K-2 offers teachers everything needed to create a student-centered learning environment based on choice.

After teaching science for more than 15 years, both overseas and in the U.S., Laurie E. Westphal now works as an independent gifted education and science consultant. She enjoys developing and presenting staff development on differentiation for various districts and conferences, working with teachers to assist them in planning and developing lessons to meet the needs of their advanced students.

AUTHOR'S NOTE CHAPTER 1: Choice in the Inclusive Primary Classroom CHAPTER 2: How to Use Menus in the Inclusive Primary Classroom CHAPTER 3: Product Guidelines CHAPTER 4: Rubrics and Grading THE MENUS How to Use the Menu Pages CHAPTER 5: Life Science Menus Five Senses Living and Nonliving Things Plants Animals Spiders Animals and Their Habitats Insects Life Cycles CHAPTER 6: Earth Science Menus Oceans Day and Night The Night Sky Space Seasons The Water Cycle Weather CHAPTER 7: Physical Science Menus Equipment and Measurement Hot and Cold Sink and Float Force and Motion Sound REFERENCES ABOUT THE AUTHOR NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS ALIGNMENT