Teaching Science For All Children: An Inquiry Approach

Comprehensive and fifth edition of Teaching Science for All Children prepares elementary teachers to help students grasp the nature of science, construct understanding of and connections between science content: area materials, apply scientific processes, and understand the interactions between science, technology, and society. The more than 60 featured lessons in the text employ the "Engage. Emplore. Explain, Expand, Evaluate" Learning Cycle model and incorporate National Science National Science Education Standards across all K-8 grade levels and science disciplines-earth, space, life, and physical. Authoritative coverage of science safety, new technology, national standards, and strategies for teaching diverse learners are the hallmarks of this well-respected text.

This successful text, organized around the four key areas of the learning cycle—Exploration, Explanation, Expansion, and Evaluation—continues to integrate the National Science Education Standards throughout. It provides future teachers with the methods they need to:

• to foster awareness among their students concerning the nature of science
• to implement skills in the classroom using science inquiry processes
• to develop in their students an understanding of the interactions among science, technology, and society.

New To This Edition

• New! Student CD-ROM offers over 60 minutes of interactive video clips of classroom footage and safety demonstrations by the authors. These clips are integrated into the text via discussion questions and activities to help students understand the video material and instructors integrate the video into classroom assignments.
• New! Chapter on integrating the content areas. Chapter 8 discusses integrating science into math, language arts, and the social studies.
• Expanded coverage of Assessment (Chapter 5) provides ample coverage of how teachers assess and evaluate student performance.
• New! 4-E Lessons have been incorporated into each of the methods chapters in Part I, illustrating the 4-E method of teaching. Each lesson describes a hands-on, classroom-tested activity.
• Updated Build a Portfolio (or E-folio) now provides suggestions on how to keep a portfolio electronically.
• More than 60 complete science lessons, with more than 150 different activities encourage hands-on/minds-on activity and high levels of concept formation. All lessons have been classroom tested.

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