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