Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School

This resource integrates project-based learning (PBL) with practical teaching ideas and lessons to enable educators to engage their students in meaningful questioning about the world. It is ideal for pre-service and in-service science and STEM teachers and is designed for use in related methods courses or professional learning opportunities.

This essential science methods resource integrates principles of learning and motivation with practical teaching ideas for the elementary and middle school science classroom. It employs project-based learning (PBL) to enable educators to engage their students in meaningful, real-world questioning about the world. It provides concrete strategies for meeting the Framework for K12 Science Education. Chapters offer examples of project-based lessons to help teachers support children in varying modes of inquiry, such as asking critical questions, designing investigations, constructing models, and developing evidence-based explanations.

Features in the 6th Edition include:

Instruction on using PBL to make connections to Common Core Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts
An increased attention to assessment for learning
A focus on 3-dimensional learning.

This book is ideal for pre-service and in-service elementary and middle school science and STEM teachers and is designed for use in related methods courses or professional learning opportunities.

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