Brief Contents; Contents; Preface; Using this book; Resources guide; About the authors; Teaching primaryscience constructively; Thinking and workingscientifically; Movement and force; Electricity; Energy; Minibeasts: linkingscience and designtechnology; Living things andenvironments; Materials; Materials and change; Our place in space; Our planet Earth; Weather and ourenvironment; Index
Summary
Teaching Primary Science Constructively helps readers to create effective science learning experiences for primary students by using a constructivist approach to learning. Introductory chapters explain the principles of constructivism and their implications for learning and teaching. Core strategies for the development of science understanding and science inquiry processes and skills are also discussed. Subsequent chapters then provide research-based ideas for implementing a constructivist approach within the key content strands covered in most primary science syllabuses. This substantially rev
