Offers a collection of lesson plans on physical sciences, provided by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) of the National Library of Education. Includes lesson plans on chemistry, crystals, reflection, magnets, optical images, roller coasters, and waves.
Features a collection of lesson plans on space sciences, provided by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) of the National Library of Education. Includes lesson plans on astronomy, constellations, orbiting satellites, interplanetary distance and travel time, the solar system, and phases of the moon, among others.
Presents the lesson plan "Structure of Matter," provided by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) of the National Library of Education. The goal of the lesson plan is to teach students about mixtures, including solutions and suspensions. Discusses the grade levels, objectives, materials needed, and activities.
Presents the lesson plan "Bringing the Solar System to Life," provided by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) of the National Library of Education. The goal of the lesson plan is to teach students about the solar system. Discusses the grade levels, objectives, materials needed, and procedures.
Presents the lesson plan "Our Solar System," provided by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) of the National Library of Education. The goal of the lesson plan is to teach students about the solar system. Discusses the grade levels, objectives, materials needed, and activities.
Solidly based on the National Science Education Standards and Benchmarks for Science Literacy, this new elementary science methods text immerses students into the context of classroom instruction through the authors' unique approach using The Teaching Cycle.The text is divided into three major sections or clusters of chapters: Goals of Science Instruction, Setting the Stage, and The Teaching Cycle. The first two sections provide the theoretical and practical foundations for instruction, while the third section provides content.Section I presents an overall view of science as a way of knowing and eventually develops an argument for why science should be included in the curriculum at all. Section II emphasizes the importance of connecting lessons and avoiding the tendency to present individual science lessons in isolation.The major content chapters comprising Section III--The Teaching Cycle (Life/Environmental Science, Physical Science, Earth and Space Science)--each incorporate the traditional topics of methods courses, e.g., demonstrations, laboratories, classroom management, assessment, developmental psychology, etc. concepts and themes common to national reforms.