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9780205330027

Teaching Children Science : Discovery Activities and Demonstrations for the Elementary and Middle Grades

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  • ISBN13:

    9780205330027

  • ISBN10:

    0205330029

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-08-01
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Summary

Intended for both pre-service and practicing teachers, Teaching Children Science provides elementary science methods, content, and activities using Abruscato's "discovery approach" and presents contemporary ideas in a motivating, engaging writing style that captivates future classroom teachers and enhances his/her instruction in the science classroom.This text is divided into three parts: Earth/Space, Life, and Physical Sciences. Each of these three areas begins with a lesson and unit planning chapter followed by "A" Chapters presenting science content and "B" Chapters containing children's activities and demonstrations cross-referenced to the NSE K-8 Science Standards.

Table of Contents

Welcome to Discovery Activities and Demonstrations for the Elementary and Middle Grades xiii
Part I Earth/Space Sciences and Technology
Unit, Lesson, and Enrichment Starter Ideas: The Earth/Space Sciences and Technology
1(24)
Kelly's Gift
2(1)
Assessing Prior Knowledge and Conceptions
3(3)
Internet Resources: Websites for Earth/Space Science Units, Lessons, Activities, and Demonstrations
4(2)
Unit Plan Starter Ideas
6(7)
Ideas Based on the NSE K-8 Content Standards
6(3)
Ideas Based on Project 2061 Goals
9(2)
Ideas Based on Typical Grade Level Content
11(2)
Lesson Plan Starter Ideas for Common Curriculum Topics
13(2)
Classroom Enrichment Starter Ideas
15(7)
In-Class Learning Centers
15(2)
Bulletin Boards
17(1)
Field Trips for City Schools
18(1)
Field Trips for All Schools
19(2)
Cooperative Learning Projects
21(1)
Science and Children and Science Scope: Resource Articles for Earth/Space Science Units, Lessons, Activities, and Demonstrations
22(2)
Make the Case: An Individual or Group Challenge
23(1)
Notes
24(1)
The Earth's Surface, Atmosphere, and Weather: Content
25(20)
Spaceship Earth: What Is It Made Of?
26(11)
The Earth beneath Your Feet
26(1)
Gradual Changes in the Earth's Surface
26(3)
Violent Changes in the Earth's Surface
29(1)
The Earth's Land Surface
30(5)
The Earth's Oceans
35(2)
The Earth's Atmosphere and Weather
37(6)
Water in the Atmosphere
38(2)
Violent Weather
40(2)
Tomorrow's Weather
42(1)
Summary Outline
43(1)
Notes
44(1)
The Earth's Surface, Atmosphere, and Weather: Attention Getters, Discovery Activities, and Demonstrations
45(18)
Attention Getters for Young Learners
46(1)
How Are Rocks the Same and Different? [ESS 1]
46(1)
What Is in Soil? [ESS 1]
46(1)
How Does a Thermometer Change on Hot and Cold Days? [ESS 3]
47(1)
Attention Getters for Middle-Level Learners
What Crushed the Can? [ESS 4]
47(1)
What Pushed the Egg into the Bottle? [ESS 4]
48(1)
Can We Make Fog? [S&T 4]
49(1)
Discovery Activities for Young Learners
49(3)
How to Make a Fossil [S&T 1]
49(2)
Weather or Not [ESS 3]
51(1)
Discovery Activities for Middle-Level Learners
52(5)
How Do Layers of Sediment Form? [ESS 4]
52(1)
Quakes and Shakes: An Earthquake Watch [ESS 4]
53(2)
How to Find the Dew Point [ESS 4]
55(2)
Demonstrations for Young Learners
57(2)
Indoor Rainmaking [ESS 3]
57(1)
Whose Fault Is It? [ESS 3]
58(1)
Demonstrations for Middle-Level Learners
59(3)
You've Heard of Rock Musicians, but Have You Heard of Rock Magicians? [ESS 4]
59(1)
How to Find the Relative Humidity [ESS 4]
60(2)
Note
62(1)
The Cosmos: Content
63(20)
Are We Alone?
64(1)
What Is the Universe and How Was It Formed?
64(5)
Magnetars
65(1)
Quasars, Pulsars, and Black Holes
66(2)
Galaxies
68(1)
Constellations
68(1)
Our Solar System
69(7)
Our Sun, a Star
69(1)
The Moon
69(1)
Planets
70(5)
Meteors
75(1)
Comets
75(1)
Asteroids
75(1)
Exploring Space: The First Steps
76(4)
Space Probes
76(1)
The Hubble Space Telescope
77(1)
The Space Shuttle
78(2)
Exploring Space: The Next Steps
80(1)
VentureStar: The X-33
80(1)
International Space Station Alpha: A Rest Stop on the Road to Mars?
80(1)
Summary Outline
81(1)
Notes
82(1)
The Cosmos: Attention Getters, Discovery Activities, and Demonstrations
83(22)
Attention Getters for Young Learners
84(1)
Can You Move Like the Planets? [ESS 2]
84(1)
Can You Move Like the Moon? [ESS 3]
84(1)
Why Is Earth Called the ``Blue Planet''? [ESS 1]
85(1)
Attention Getters for Middle-Level Learners
85(3)
Is Day Always as Long as Night? [ESS 6]
85(2)
Can You Draw an Orbit? [ESS 6]
87(1)
Where Does the Sun Rise and Set? [ESS 6]
87(1)
Discovery Activities for Young Learners
88(5)
Planets on Parade [ESS 2]
88(1)
Making a Simple Sundial [ESS 3]
89(1)
Sunlight in Winter and Summer [ESS 3]
90(1)
Make a Solar System Mobile [ESS 2]
91(2)
Discovery Activities for Middle-Level Learners
93(5)
How to Build an Altitude Finder (Astrolabe) [S&T 4]
93(2)
How to Build an Azimuth Finder [S&T 4]
95(1)
Using Altitude and Azimuth Finders to Follow the Motion of a Planet [S&T 4]
96(2)
Demonstrations for Young Learners
98(3)
Moon Watcher [ESS 2]
98(2)
The Shoe Box Planetarium [ESS 3]
100(1)
Demonstrations for Middle-Level Learners
101(4)
Space Journey [ESS 6]
101(2)
What Is a Light-Year? [ESS 6]
103(2)
Part II Life Sciences and Technology
Unit, Lesson, and Enrichment Starter Ideas: The Life Sciences and Technology
105(28)
The Tapper
106(1)
Assessing Prior Knowledge and Conceptions
107(4)
Internet Resources: Websites for Life Science Units, Lessons, Activities, and Demonstrations
109(2)
Unit Plan Starter Ideas
111(11)
Ideas Based on the NSE K-8 Content Standards
112(3)
Ideas Based on Project 2061 Goals
115(5)
Ideas Based on Typical Grade Level Content
120(2)
Lesson Plan Starter Ideas for Common Curriculum Topics
122(2)
Classroom Enrichment Starter Ideas
124(6)
In-Class Learning Centers
124(2)
Bulletin Boards
126(1)
Field Trips for City Schools
127(1)
Field Trips for All Schools
128(1)
Cooperative Learning Projects
129(1)
Science and Children and Science Scope: Resource Articles for Life Science Units, Lessons, Activities, and Demonstrations
130(2)
Make the Case: An Individual or Group Challenge
131(1)
Notes
132(1)
Living Things: Content
133(14)
Living or Nonliving? That's the Question
134(2)
Similarities in Living Things
134(1)
Differences in Living Things
135(1)
Classifying Living Things
136(3)
The Five Kingdoms
136(2)
How to Classify a Particular Living Thing
138(1)
The Plant Kingdom: A Closer Look
139(3)
The Structure of Flowering Plants
139(2)
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
141(1)
Asexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
141(1)
The Animal Kingdom: A Closer Look
142(2)
Vertebrates: Mammals
142(1)
Sexual Reproduction in Vertebrates
143(1)
Two Very Small but Very Interesting Living Things
144(2)
Euglena
145(1)
The World's Largest Bacterium
145(1)
Summary Outline
146(1)
Living Things: Attention Getters, Discovery Activities, and Demonstrations
147(20)
Attention Getters for Young Learners
148(1)
Is It a Plant or an Animal? [LS 1]
148(1)
How Does Color Help Animals? [LS 3]
148(1)
Are You a Good Animal Detective? [SPSP 2]
149(1)
Attention Getters for Middle-Level Learners
149(2)
How Are Seeds the Same and Different? [LS 5]
149(1)
Can You Grow a Sweet Potato Plant Indoors? [LS 5]
150(1)
Do Insects Have the Same Kinds of Body Parts? [LS 4]
151(1)
Discovery Activities for Young Learners
151(5)
How Is a Kitten Different from a Stone? [S&T 3]
151(2)
What Is a Seed? [LS 2]
153(2)
Who Goes There? [LS 3]
155(1)
Discovery Activities for Middle-Level Learners
156(5)
Male and Female Guppies: What's the Difference? [LS 5]
156(2)
Do Mealworms Like or Dislike Light? [LS 6]
158(1)
How Does Light Affect the Growth of Plants? [LS 7]
159(2)
Demonstrations for Young Learners
161(2)
The Curious Gerbils [LS 3]
161(1)
Is It Alive? [S&T 3]
162(1)
Demonstrations for Middle-Level Learners
163(4)
The Birth of Guppies [LS 5]
163(2)
The Insect Aquarium [LS 7]
165(2)
The Human Body: Content
167(14)
The Body's Systems
168(1)
The Digestive System
168(1)
Structure and Function
168(1)
Food and Nutrition
169(1)
The Skeletal-Muscular System
169(1)
Bones: Structure and Function
169(1)
Muscles: Structure and Function
170(1)
The Respiratory System
170(1)
The Diaphragm, Windpipe, and Lungs: Structure and Function
170(1)
Oxygen Transport
171(1)
The Nervous System
171(3)
Nerves: Structure and Function
171(1)
The Senses
172(2)
The Excretory System
174(1)
The Kidneys: Structure and Function
174(1)
The Skin and Lungs: Structure and Function
174(1)
The Liver and Intestines: Structure and Function
175(1)
The Circulatory System
175(3)
The Heart and Blood Vessels: Structure and Function
175(1)
Blood
176(2)
The Reproductive System
178(2)
Structure and Function
178(2)
Reproduction and Heredity
180(1)
Summary Outline
180(1)
The Human Body: Attention Getters, Discovery Activities, and Demonstrations
181(18)
Attention Getters for Young Learners
182(2)
How Can We Help People See Us at Night? [S&T 1]
182(1)
When Do We Do Things That Keep Us Healthy and Strong? [SPSP 1]
182(1)
How Do Your Ears Help You Learn Things? [LS 3]
183(1)
Attention Getters for Middle-Level Learners
184(2)
How Does Light Affect Your Eyes? [LS 4]
184(1)
What Is in That Cereal? [SPSP 6]
184(1)
What Is in Cream? [SPSP 6]
185(1)
Discovery Activities for Young Learners
186(3)
The Mystery Bag [S&T 3]
186(1)
Sniff, Snuff, and Sneeze [LS 1]
187(1)
Using Your Senses to Classify Things [LS 1]
188(1)
Discovery Activities for Middle-Level Learners
189(4)
How Does Smell Affect Taste? [LS 4]
189(2)
How Does Reset Affect Tired Muscles? [SPSP 6]
191(1)
Are You Part of Any Food Chains? [LS 7]
192(1)
Demonstrations for Young Learners
193(2)
What Can Change Bones? [SPSP 1]
193(1)
Your Nose Knows [LS 1]
194(1)
Demonstrations for Middle-Level Learners
195(4)
What Is Your Lung Capacity? [LS 4]
195(2)
How Fast Is Your Reaction Time? [LS 6]
197(2)
Part III Physical Sciences and Technology
Unit, Lesson, and Enrichment Starter Ideas: The Physical Sciences and Technology
199(24)
The Letter
200(1)
Assessing Prior Knowledge and Conceptions
201(2)
Internet Resources: Websites for Physical Science Units, Lessons, Activities, and Demonstrations
202(1)
Unit Plan Starter Ideas
203(9)
Ideas Based on the NSE K-8 Content Standards
204(3)
Ideas Based on Project 2061 Goals
207(3)
Ideas Based on Typical Grade Level Content
210(2)
Lesson Plan Starter Ideas for Common Curriculum Topics
212(1)
Classroom Enrichment Starter Ideas
213(7)
In-Class Learning Centers
213(2)
Bulletin Boards
215(1)
Field Trips for City Schools
216(1)
Field Trips for All Schools
217(1)
Cooperative Learning Projects
218(2)
Science and Children and Science Scope: Resource Articles for Physical Science Units, Lessons, Activities, and Demonstrations
220(2)
Make the Case: An Individual or Group Challenge
221(1)
Notes
222(1)
Matter and Motion: Content
223(14)
From Atoms to Rockets and Other Technological Wonders
224(1)
Matter
224(8)
The Physical Properties of Matter
225(1)
Molecular Theory
226(1)
Chemical Changes in Matter
226(2)
Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures
228(1)
The Parts of an Atom
229(2)
Quarks and Other More Fundamental Parts of Matter
231(1)
Nuclear Energy
231(1)
Motion
232(4)
Newton's Laws of Motion
233(1)
Gravity and Motion
234(1)
Jet and Rocket Engines
234(1)
Flight
235(1)
Summary Outline
236(1)
Matter and Motion: Attention Getters, Discovery Activities, and Demonstrations
237(18)
Attention Getters for Young Learners
238(2)
Why Do We Need to Wear Safety Belts? [PS 2] & [SPSP 9]
238(1)
Where Does the Water Go? [PS 1]
238(1)
Where Are Wheels? [PS 2]
239(1)
Attention Getters for Middle-Level Learners
240(1)
Why Do Mothballs Rise and Fall? [PS 5]
240(1)
Can You Separate Sugar and Sand? [PS 4]
240(1)
What Causes Lift? [PS 5]
241(1)
Discovery Activities for Young Learners
241(4)
Matter and Changes [PS 1]
241(2)
From Gas to Liquid [PS 3]
243(1)

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