| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 207 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I: Activities to Promote Place-Based Science Teaching in the Classroom: -- Monocot versus Dicot Plants -- Germinating Seeds -- How will global warming affect you? -- Your water footprint -- Where did my juice come from? -- Distance learning: Reaching beyond one's classroom -- Interviewing a Scientist -- Creating an Environmental Advocacy Press kit -- Part II: Activities to Promote Place-Based Science Teaching in the School Building: -- Student nutrition and eating habits at School -- Study of student exercise habits -- Study of fitness levels -- Water fountain water versus Bottled water -- How physical space is used in schools -- Conducting a school energy audit -- Water drops and water loss -- Science performances -- Part III: Activities to Promote Place-Based Science Teaching on the School Grounds: -- Tracking weather -- Soil erosion and runoff -- Urban gardens -- Bird watching in the schoolyard -- Adopt a tree -- One square meter of ground survey -- Insects all around you -- Acid rain -- Part IV: Activities to Promote Place-Based Science Teaching in the Neighborhood: -- Stream study, monitoring, and restoration -- Pollution in the neighborhood -- Traffic patterns -- Survey of local plants -- Science in swimming pools -- Patterns in Nature -- Wildlife census in a neighborhood park -- Who gets sick and why? -- Part V: Activities to Promote Place-Based Science Teaching the Broader Community: -- Science in museums -- Science in zoos and aquariums -- Surveying local parks -- Geology and buildings -- Science in hospitals and health care -- Where does your food come from? -- Where does your water come from? -- Where does your garbage go? |
| Summary |
"Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides elementary and middle school teachers with 40 place-based activities that will help them to make science learning relevant to their students. This text provides teachers with both a rationale and a set of strategies and activities for teaching science in a local context to help students engage with science learning and come to understand the importance of science in their everyday lives."--Pub. desc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Activity programs
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EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Science & Technology.
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Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Activity programs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Provenzo, Eugene F
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| ISBN |
9781452223636 |
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1452223637 |
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9781452230535 |
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1452230536 |
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