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Science and science teaching : methods for integrating technology in elementary and middles schools
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2nd ed.
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Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, 2004
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9780618318070

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This core text for the K-8 methods course in science is a practical guide to teaching science in inquiry-centered and standards-based classrooms. Its inclusive coverage of the major domains of science includes examples from the studies of life, physics, earth, space, and environment. This edition integrates technology thoroughly with science content, instructional methods, and cues to monitoring student development.


Table of Contents

Note: Each chapter contains a Summary and Key Terms
I Background Knowledge for Science Teaching
1 Science and Technology in the Classroom
What Is Science?
What Is Technology, and Why Use It?
What Influences Science Teaching Today?
2 Instructional Technology Basics
What Are the Standards That Guide Instructional Technology Education?
Basics of the Internet More Computer Basics
The State of Technology Resources in Schools
How Do Teachers Use Instructional Technology in Science Teaching?
3 How Children Learn Children Construct Knowledge
The Cognitive Growth of the Child Prior Knowledge, Misconceptions, and Conceptual Change Developmentally
Appropriate Technology Internet Safety and Appropriate Behavior
4 Engaging in Inquiry and Discovery Inquiry-Based Instruction
Bringing Inquiry-Based Instruction to Your Classroom Techniques for Inquiry-Based Instruction
Your Development as an Elementary Science Teacher
5 Using Science Processes to Guide Inquiry
A Pumpkin Investigation
The Process Skills Using the Process Skills in Your Classroom
Constructing Knowledge
II Instruction and Assessment in a Standards-Based Science Classroom
6 Planning Lessons and Designing Assessments
What Does a Good Science Lesson Plan Contain?
Assessing and Evaluating Student Learning Linking Instruction, Assessment, and Child Development
Understanding and Using Performance Assessment
7 Science in the Diverse Classroom Diversity in Classrooms
Constructing Inquiry-Based Lessons for the Diverse Science Classroom
Addressing the Needs of Students with Learning Disabilities
Addressing the Needs of Gifted Students
8 Encouraging Collaboration and Cooperation
What Is Collaborative Inquiry?
Collaborative Projects for Preschool and Primary Grades Collaborative
Projects for Upper-Elementary Grades Collaborative
Projects for Middle School Developing Your Own Collaborative
Project Cooperative Learning in the Science Classroom
Characteristics of Cooperative-Learning Activities Classroom
Management for Cooperative Learning Cooperative Strategies
9 Making Real-World Connections: Real-Time Data and Critters in the Classroom
What Are Real-Time Data?
Using Real-Time Data in the Classroom Studying Animals in Real
Time Managing Critters in the Classroom Plants in the Classroom
Using Real-World Connections in Extended Inquiry
10 Strategies for Project-Based Learning Project-Based
Learning Planning a Project Using Sensors and Probes for Data
Collection Analyzing Results: Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization
More Ideas for Designing Projects
11 Strategies for Design-Based Learning
The Nature of Technology and Technological Problem Solving
The Design Loop Implementing the Design Loop Learning
About Simple Machines Designing Weather
Instruments Using Simple Machines
12 Science Across the Curriculum Strategies for Integrating
Science Across the Curriculum Creating Interdisciplinary
Thematic Units Preparing to Use an Integrated
Approach to Science Teaching Teacher's Handy Reference
Glossary
References
Index