Teaching Science for All Children Inquiry Lessons for Constructing Understanding

Derived from the fourth edition of Teaching Science for All Children: An Inquiry Approach, this paperback volume offers lessons, activities and teaching materials for the main three science content areas for grades K-8: Life Science, Physical Science, and Earth and Space Science. Features: Contains more than 60 complete science lessons, which provide more than 150 different activities to encourage hands-on/minds-on activity and high levels of concept formation. NEW! 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. NEW! Each lesson addresses NSES Content Standards for Science as Inquiry, History and Nature of Science, Science in Personal and Social Perspectives, and interrelationships of Science and Technology. All lessons are correlated with the National Education Technology Standards (NETS). Appendices are thoroughly revised and support the reform efforts advocated by the National Science Education Standards. Also available: Teaching Science for All Children: Inquiry Methods for Constructing Understanding, Third Edition ISBN: 0-205-43153-4 Teaching Science for All Children: An Inquiry Approach, Fourth Edition ISBN: 0-205-41260-2Martin, Ralph is the author of 'Teaching Science for All Children Inquiry Lessons for Constructing Understanding', published 2004 under ISBN 9780205431526 and ISBN 0205431526.