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Author Koch, Janice, 1947-

Title Science stories : science methods for elementary and middle school teachers / Janice Koch
Edition Third edition
Published Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, [2005]
©2005

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Description xxv, 429 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents An invitation to teaching science -- Locating your scientific self -- The teacher as mediator -- The science circus: using the skills of scientific study -- Making connections: science in the students' own environment -- Science is not neat: explorations of matter -- Sustained inquiry: explorations of living things -- Spiraling curriculum: explorations of density -- Making models: explorations of the solar system -- Expanding the science "box": explorations of electricity and atoms -- Planning for science: lesson plans and instructional strategies -- Science and technology: a seamless connection -- Science content and curriculum: the big ideas and your scientific self -- What's the big idea? Assessing what students know and are able to do -- Pulling it all together: reflection and self-assessment
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-418) and index
Subject Science -- Study and teaching (Primary) -- United States.
Women's rights.
Minority women -- Social conditions.
Indigenous women -- Social conditions.
Sex discrimination.
Sexism.
Human rights.
Science -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Science -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States.
Science -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States.
Author Chinkin, Christine M. (Christine Mary)
LC no. 2003110104
ISBN 061837647X
Other Titles Science methods for elementary and middle school teachers