Science Workshop: Reading, Writing, and Thinking Like a Scientist, Second Edition

What does a Science Workshop look like in a real classroom? How do Science Workshop teachers plan? Where does literacy instruction come into play? How do you track children's learning? This second edition, chock-full of new information and ideas, leaves teachers even more eager to implement an inquiry-based science curriculum.

NEW features:

• Wendy Saul frames the book with a new introduction providing a theoretical overview and a new final chapter about the future of science and "action research."
• Updated plans for organizing the Workshop from Charles Pearce and Jeanne Reardon.
• Two new chapters, by Donna Dieckman and Jeanne Reardon, focus on science reading and writing to support inquiry.
• A new chapter on Assessment by classroom teacher Donna Dieckman.
• All new resources including websites by resource specialist Donna Neutze.

Practical suggestions, strategies and materials abound. Living examples demonstrate how a Science Workshop fosters authentic inquiry across the curriculum, and supports a classroom where choice and interaction thrive. "Science Workshop takes inquiry-based science to a level that empowers children to be scientists for the rest of their lives," noted Science and Children about the first edition. This new edition adds 10 more years of experience and ideas for sharing inquiry with young people.

Wendy Saul, Professor of Education at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, is Director of the National Science Foundation-supported Elementary Science Integration Projects (ESIP). She is the originator of Search It! Science, an online resource available from Heinemann. She also serves as editor of "Thinking Classroom: An International Journal of Reading, Writing and Critical Reflection."

Jeanne Reardon is a classroom teacher who works with ESIP at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. A long-time classroom teacher, Jeanne is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching.

Charles Pearce is a classroom teacher who works with ESIP at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Pearce, a long-time classroom teacher, is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching.

Donna Dieckman is a classroom teacher who works with ESIP at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She taught for nine years in Montgomery County and serves as Program Director.

Donna Neutze serves as ESIP program resource specialist.