Science for the Elementary and Middle School

Key Benefit: The new edition of this highly successful book provides a complete source of science content, methods, and activities. It examines effective science teaching methods, explores how science instruction helps children improve knowledge-gaining and information-processing skills, and provides the content, information, and activities essential for a complete science course. Key Topics: The book's organization and coverage reflect the continuing reorganization of schools (especially the trend toward "middle schools"), is correlated to the National Science Education Standards, and is grouped for Grades K-4, 6-8, and 9-12. Coverage of elementary science content, in outline form, ensures that every reader will feel confident with science. More than 750 activities and experiments provide a complete elementary science curriculum. Exploratory Activities for Science have been added to the book's science content chapters. In addition, each of those chapters has been completely rewritten, revised, and updated. Market: A valuable book for any educator or school administrator wishing to ensure students receive the most up-to-date science education possible in an elementary or middle school. And, it will also be useful for parents seeking to understand the fundamentals of an elementary or middle school science education.