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Exemplary science in grades PreK-4 [electronic resource]

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Robert Yager, editor of Exemplary Science in Grades PreK-4: Standards-Based Success Stories reports the National Science Education Standards have done more to change science in elementary schools than has occurred at the other grade levels. Evidence of change is shared in this 4th installment of the Exemplary Science series through 14 real-life examples revealing reforms in teaching, assessment, professional development, and content.

Title Exemplary science in grades PreK-4 [electronic resource] : standards-based success stories / Robert E. Yager and Sandra K. Enger, editors.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Arlington, Va. : NSTApress
Creation Date c2006
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Ch 1-Putting the Question First: Adapting Science Curricula In the Kindergarten Classroom
Ch 2-Building On the Natural Wonder Inherent in Us All
Ch 3-Science Workshop:Kids Doing What Kids Do Best
Ch 4-A Second-Grade Exploration: Guiding Student in Active and Extended Scientific Inquiry
Ch 5-Thinking Outside the Box: No Child Left Inside!
Ch 6-Empowering Children
Ch 7-A Craving for More Science: Active, Integrated Inquiry in an After-School Setting
Ch 8-Creating a Context for Inquiry
Ch 9-Is Your Classroom Body/Brain-Compatible?
Ch 10-The Primary Classroom: Science, Literacy, and InquiryCh 11-The DESERT Project: Collaborative Professional Development
Ch 12-Making Science and Inquiry Synonyms
Ch 13-Winter Out Our Window: Understanding and Using Scientific Process
Ch 14-The 4-H Wildlife Stewards Program: Bringing Science and Nature Together One School at a Time
Ch 15-Successes and Continuing Challenges: Meeeting the NSES Visions for Improving Science in Elementary Schools
Appendix 1-Less Emphasis/More Emphasis Conditions of the National Science Education Standards
Appendix 2-Contributors List
Index
Series The Exemplary science monograph series
Extent 1 online resource (204 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010710182005171
MARC RECORDS
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