A few of our favorite things : teaching ideas for K-12 science methods instructors /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Morrell, Patricia D. (Editor), Popejoy, Kate (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, [2014]
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Constructivism/Conceptual change. Introduction
  • Reviewing constructivism / by Patricia D. Morrell
  • Writing science stories to learn science / by Miriam Munck
  • Air has mass : experiencing the challenge of conceptual change / by Jerine Pegg and Dawn Wiseman
  • Building the learning environment needed for teaching based on constructivism and conceptual change / by Ian J. Mitchell
  • Teaching for conceptual change / by Ian J. Mitchell
  • Teaching for conceptual change when alternative views cannot be experimentally tested / by Ian J. Mitchell
  • Nature of science. Introduction
  • What's the matter anyway? Exploring content and nature of science through oobleck / by Valarie Akerson
  • Shedding some light on inferences / by Randy L. Bell and Brian Hartman
  • Mystery tubes / by Randy L. Bell and Allyson Rogan-Klyve
  • The nature of science examined through a checks lab allegory / by Janice Koch
  • Evidence of extraterrestrial life in Antarctica / by Catherine M. Koehler
  • Fossil forensics / by Norman G. Lederman and Judith S. Lederman
  • Who are scientists and what do scientists do? / by Adele Schepige
  • Integration. Introduction
  • Integrating technology into a science methods course : using NSTA's learning center / by Julie Luft
  • Coriolis what? : What to do when faced with a challenging topic (with a technology twist) / by Kate Popejoy
  • Electromagnetism : an inquiry lesson development / by Donna Rainboth
  • Integrating writing to support scientific thinking / by Julie Kalnin and Patricia Morrell
  • Scientific inquiry/engineering design. Introduction
  • Science as a way of knowing / by Randy L. Bell and Tyler St. Clair
  • Is this STEM? / by Kevin Carr
  • Being a bird / by Judith S. Lederman and Norman G. Lederman
  • Minute madness / by Mary Lightbody
  • What's in the can? / by Judith Morrison
  • Integrating engineering standards with the Common Core Standards and Elementary Science Performance Standards / by Barbara Rascoe and Catherine Lange
  • Diversity/Differentiation. Introduction
  • Considering cultural difference in science teaching / by Anne L. Kern and SueAnn Bottoms
  • Teaching about the nature of science through digital scientific timelines / by Isha DeCoito
  • Cultivating equitable instruction in the science classroom / by Julie Luft
  • Universal design for learning (UDL) and inclusive design for learning (IDL) / by Christopher L. Atchison [and three others]
  • A bubble exploration of response to intervention (RTI), tier I / by Malcolm B. Butler
  • Magnetic interactions / by Mark Guy
  • Observations and arguments in K-5 : the 4 seasons / by Mary Lightbody.