Teaching Elementary Science : A Full Spectrum Science Instruction Approach

by Esler, William K.; Esler, Mary K.

• ISBN13: 9780534508340
• ISBN10: 0534508340
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780534505110, 9781111841003
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-04
• Publisher: WADSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Summary

This latest edition of Esler and Esler's popular text offers student-oriented, comprehensive, and well-balanced coverage of science content and methods. Users and reviewers have praised the appropriate blend of direct instruction and discovery techniques and the coverage of 17 areas of science. Each major topic heading and every lesson plan is tied to one of the National Science Education standards.

Table of Contents

SECTION ONE: ORGANIZING TO TEACH CHILDREN SCIENCE

1. An Introduction to Elementary School Science

2. How Children Learn Science

3. Teaching Science by Constructivist Inquiry Methods

4. Teaching Elementary Science Using Full Spectrum Science Instruction (FSSI)

5. Planning for Instruction and Assessing Student Progress in the FSSi System

6. Technology and Materials for the Elementary Science Classrooms

7. Integrating Science with Other Subjects

8. Individualizing Science and Science for Exceptional Children

9. Teaching Children to Solve Problems of Science, Technology, and Society

SECTION TWO: UNITS OF STUDY FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE

Part A: Investigating Living Things

10. Investigating Plant Life

11. Investigating Animal Life

12. Investigating Ecological Relationship

13. Investigating the Human Body

Part B

Understanding Physical Science

14. Atoms and Molecules: The Building Blocks of Matter

15. Heat and Matter

16. Light

17. Magnetism

18. Electricity

19. Sound

20. Using Energy to Do Work: Simple Machines

21. Flight: From Kitty Hawk to the Space Shuttle

22. Teaching Metric Measurement

23. The Solar System and the Universe Beyond

24. Earth: Its Structure and History

25. Earth's Oceans

26. Earth's Atmosphere and Weather

APPENDIXES: Appendix A

Selected Commercial Suppliers of Science Materials

B

Selected Suppliers of Audiovisual Materials

C

Selected Sources of Free and Inexpensive Science Teaching Materials

D

Professional Publications for Teachers

E

Selected Publishers of Personal Computer Software for Elementary Science

F

Selected Trade Book Publishers

G

Keeping Animals in the Classroom

H

Selected Children's Magazines

I

Selected Science Teachers Organizations