Teaching Science for All Children: Inquiry Lessons for Constructing Understanding, MyLabSchool Edition (3rd Edition) - Softcover

Martin, Ralph; Sexton, Colleen; Franklin, Teresa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 020546470X ISBN 13: 9780205464708

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 2005

Synopsis

Contains more than 50 complete science lessons organized according to the disciplines identified by the NSES: life, physical, and earth and space sciences. Each lesson now features a leading inquiry question, to help guide students in learning the concepts of the activity. Reflects the most up to date coverage of educational technology and NETS standards. These lessons contain more than 150 different activities that encourage hands-on/minds-on student activity and stimulates high levels of concept formation. Science Content and Methods for teaching K-8. Designed as a main text for K-8 science methods courses offered in departments of curriculum & instruction.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Derived from the fourth edition of Teaching Science for All Children: An Inquiry Approach, this paperback volume offers lessons, activities and teaching materials for the main three science content areas for grades K-8: Life Science, Physical Science, and Earth and Space Science.

Features:

• Contains more than 60 complete science lessons, which provide more than 150 different activities to encourage hands-on/minds-on activity and high levels of concept formation.
• NEW! Expanded coverage of environmental science. Chapter 11 features a lesson from internationally acclaimed Project Learning Tree modified into a 4-E learning cycle, as well as a full PLT lesson plan on the Companion Website.
• NEW! Each lesson addresses NSES Content Standards for Science as Inquiry, History and Nature of Science, Science in Personal and Social Perspectives, and interrelationships of Science and Technology.
• All lessons are correlated with the National Education Technology Standards (NETS).
• Appendices are thoroughly revised and support the reform efforts advocated by the National Science Education Standards.

Also available:
Teaching Science for All Children: Inquiry Methods for Constructing Understanding, Third Edition
ISBN: 0-205-43153-4
Teaching Science for All Children: An Inquiry Approach, Fourth Edition
ISBN: 0-205-41260-2

Edition details

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 020546470X
• ISBN 13: 9780205464708
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 272