This text provides concrete strategies on teaching using a project-based approach and on meeting the principles in A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
"This book comes at just the right time, as teachers are being encouraged to re-examine current approaches to science instruction.
Designed around a practical, "practice-what-you-teach" approach to methods instruction, the text is based on current constructivist philosophy, organized around 5E inquiry, and guided by the National Science Education Teaching Standards.
This sourcebook was created because science should be memorable, not memorisable. from the Introduction to The Everyday Science Sourcebook, Revised 2nd Edition Think of this unique reference book as Inspiration Central for elementary and ...
Pappas, C., Varelas, M., Barry, A., & Rife, A. (2004). Promoting dialogic inquiry in information book readalouds: Young urban children's ways of making sense in science? In E. W. Saul (Ed.), Crossing borders in literacy and science ...
is the elementary science curriculum leader for Mason City Schools, in Mason, Ohio. As a former classroom teacher, she understands that teachers are crunched for time and need high-interest, ready-to-use lessons that integrate ...
The need for a scientifically literate population that can apply scientific ideas to solve real world problems in the 21st century has never been greater. Yet a growing disconnect exists...
As a quick reference to science concepts, events, influence, and chronology, this text is an invaluable resource for the classroom teacher who needs help in planning and answering student questions.
This book will be an essential resource for everyone involved in K-8 science educationâ€"teachers, principals, boards of education, teacher education providers and accreditors, education researchers, federal education agencies, and state ...
This text provides teachers with both a rationale and a set of strategies and activities for teaching science in a local context to help students engage with science learning and come to understand the importance of science in their ...
This text provides an overview of current science teaching practices for the elementary and middle grades. The authors, top scholars in the field of science education, believe that all children...