Teaching Science for All Children : An Inquiry Approach

Organized around the four key areas of the learning cycle—Exploration, Explanation, Expansion, and Evaluation—the fourth edition continues to integrate the National Science Education Standards throughout. It provides methods for future teachers to foster awareness among their students of the nature of science; to implement skills in the classroom using science inquiry processes; and to develop in their students an understanding of the interactions among science, technology, and society.

“I think that this book is the best that is presently on the market.”
Barbara Rasco, State University of New York at Buffalo

Learn science through inquiry
The Fourth Edition of Teaching Science For All Children: An Inquiry Approach emphasizes learning science through inquiry even more than in past editions, while maintaining it's focus on NSE standards integration, constructivism, technology, and the authors' 4-E Learning Cycle: Explore, Explain, Expand, Evaluate.

Use video to enhance your course!
The NEW! “VideoWorkshop” CD-ROM accompanying this text features over 60 minutes of brief, interactive video segments of classroom footage, insights from future teachers, and safety demonstrations. This video is integrated into the text through corresponding “Video Explorations” sections that provide a summary of each clip, “Tips for Viewing, Objectives, or What to Watch for,” questions for exploration, and suggestions for application.

What's New To This Edition?

• An ALL NEW Chapter 8 discusses integrating science into math, language arts, and the social studies.
• An ALL NEW Chapter 5 promotes authentic assessment and provides numerous examples are given of how teachers assess and evaluate student performance.
• Featured 4-E Lesson Plans have been added to each chapter in Part I, illustrating the 4-E method of teaching. Each lesson describes a hands-on, classroom-tested activity.
• 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.
• The Build a Portfolio (or E-folio) provides suggestions on how to keep a portfolio electronically.
• Appendices are thoroughly revised and support the reform efforts advocated by the National Science Education Standards.

Also available in compact, paperback ”splits”!

Teaching Science for All Children: Inquiry Methods for Constructing Understanding, Third Edition ISBN: 0-205-43153-4
Teaching Science for All Children: Inquiry Lessons for Constructing Understanding, Third Edition ISBN: 0-205-43152-6