Concepts and Inquiries for Teaching Elementary School Science - Softcover

Peters, Joseph M.; Stout, David L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131715984 ISBN 13: 9780131715981

Publisher: Pearson, 2005

Synopsis

Crafted to be the resource that best prepares pre-service teachers for today’s science classroom, Concepts and Inquiries for Teaching Elementary School Science models inquiry teaching, addresses the realities of contemporary science classrooms, and provides guidelines about the materials teachers need to initiate and manage your own inquiry-based science classroom.

 

FEATURES:

• Twelve Inquiry Units model constructivist applications, build conceptual knowledge, and provide a bank of classroom-tested lessons to use in your own science classroom-Gives concrete examples of the inquiry approach. Ex. P. 122.
• Benchmarks and Standards features help you see how to integrate the National Science Education Standards in your own teaching.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This text presents inquiry-based activities that provide a constructivist foundation for exploring science in elementary schools.

• Twelve inquiry units explore the concepts and content of specific science topics.
• Special emphasis is placed on the inquiry approach, as well as the constructivist learning model and the learning cycle format.
• The accompanying CD illustrates inquiry-based science teaching with real classroom footage.

Synopsis

For Elementary Science Methods courses. Crafted to be the resource that best prepares pre-service teachers for today's science classroom, Concepts and Inquiries for Teaching Elementary School Science models inquiry teaching, addresses the realities of contemporary science classrooms, and provides guidelines about the materials teachers need to initiate and manage your own inquiry-based science classroom.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131715984
• ISBN 13: 9780131715981
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 448