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Big science for growing minds : constructivist classrooms for young thinkers / Jacqueline Grennon Brooks ; foreword by Doris Pronin Fromberg.
Van Pelt Library LB1139.5.S35 B76 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brooks, Jacqueline Grennon.
- Series:
- Early childhood education series (Teachers College Press)
- Early childhood education series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Study and teaching (Early childhood).
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 179 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- Strong evidence from recent brain research shows that the intentional teaching of science is crucial in early childhood. Big Science for Growing Minds describes a groundbreaking curriculum that invites readers to rethink science education through a set of unifying concepts or "big ideas." Using an integrated learning approach, the author shows teachers how to use readily available, low-cost items to create a safe classroom setting that fosters hands-on learning and exploration of real-life problems. The text includes classroom activities that connect science learning to mathematics, technology, art, and literacy.
- Book Features:
- Shows teachers haw to address fundamental biology, chemistry, physics, and Earth science concepts using easy-to-find objects
- Describes constructivist learning environments that are aligned with emerging data on brain development.
- Includes guidance for adopting approaches and instructional strategies consistent with NSTA, NSES, and NAEYC guidelines. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Young scientists with growing ideas
- A constructivist view of learning
- Learning to care and caring to learn
- Science as disciplined wonder
- Science learning within family, community, and nature
- Science of learning
- Liberty and science for all
- Negotiating the science curriculum
- Unifying science concepts
- Unifying concepts : the physical environment
- Unifying concepts : the living environment
- Science in the shopping cart : a chemistry unit
- Water, soil, sand, and salt : an earth science unit
- Putting it all together.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0807751952
- 9780807751954
- OCLC:
- 703104546
- Publisher Number:
- 99944018530
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