A Few of Our Favorite Things Teaching Ideas for K-12 Science Methods
We are all familiar with the expression “teachers’ bag of tricks.” It is fairly easy for K-12 teachers to do a quick web search, scan library shelves, and browse through journals to provide them with numerous lessons and ideas to keep their bags filled. S
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A Few of Our Favorite Things Teaching Ideas for K-12 Science Methods Instructors
Edited by Patricia D. Morrell University of Portland, USA and Kate Popejoy DaVinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology, USA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: A Few of Our Favorite Things: Teaching Ideas for K-12 Science Methods Instructors Section One: Constructivism/Conceptual Change Introduction Reviewing Constructivism by Patricia D. Morrell Writing Science Stories to Learn Science by Miriam Munck Air Has Mass: Experiencing the Challenge of Conceptual Change by Jerine Pegg and Dawn Wiseman Building the Learning Environment Needed for Teaching Based on Constructivism and Conceptual Change by Ian J. Mitchell Teaching for Conceptual Change by Ian J. Mitchell Teaching for Conceptual Change When Alternative Views Cannot be Experimentally Tested by Ian J. Mitchell
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Section Two: Nature of Science Introduction What’s the Matter Anyway? Exploring Content and Nature of Science through Oobleck by Valarie Akerson Shedding Some Light on Inferences by Randy L. Bell and Brian Hartman Mystery Tubes by Randy L. Bell and Allyson Rogan-Klyve The Nature of Science Examined through a Checks Lab Allegory by Janice Koch Evidence of Extraterrestrial Life in Antarctica by Catherine M. Koehler Fossil Forensics by Norman G. Lederman and Judith S. Lederman Who are Scientists and What Do Scientists Do? by Adele Schepige
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Section Three: Integration Introduction Integrating Technology into a Science Methods Course: Using NSTA’s Learning Center by Julie Luft Coriolis What?: What to do when Faced with a Challenging Topic (with a technology twist) by Kate Popejoy Electromagnetism: An Inquiry Lesson Development by Donna Rainboth Integrating Writing to Support Scientific Thinking by Julie Kalnin and Patricia Morrell
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Section Four: Scientific Inquiry/Engineering Design Introduction Science as a Way of Knowing by Randy L. Bell and Tyler St. Clair Is This STEM? by Kevin Carr Being a Bird by Judith S. Lederman and Norman G. Lederman Minute Madness by Mary Lightbody What’s in the Can? by Judith Morrison Integrating Engineering Standards with the Common Core Standards and Elementary Science Performance St
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