Predict, observe, explain : activities enhancing scientific understanding / John Haysom, Michael Bowen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haysom, John, 1938-

Contributor:

Bowen, Michael, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching (Middle school)--Activity programs.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Arlington, Va. : National Science Teachers Association, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Haysom and Michael Bowen provide middle and high school science teachers with more than 100 student activities to help the students develop their understanding of scientific concepts. The powerful Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) strategy, field-tested by hundreds of teachers, is designed to foster student inquiry and challenge existing conceptions that students bring to the classroom.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Acknowledgments-The Story of a Curriculum Development Project; Using POE Sequences; About the Authors; 1-Understanding Force and Motion; 2-Understanding Temperature and Heat; 3-Understanding Heat Travel; 4-Understanding Static Electricity and Magnetism; 5-Understanding Current Electricity; 6-Understanding Pressure; 7-Understanding Work and Energy; 8-Understanding Light; 9-Understanding Sound; 10-Understanding Floating and Sinking; 11-Understanding Solutions; 12-Understanding Chemical Changes; 13-Understanding Living Things; 14-Understanding Life Processes in Plants

15-Understanding Interactions of Living ThingsIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

747412127