Science as active inquiry : a teacher's guide to the development of effective science teaching / Selma Wassermann, J. W. George Ivany.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wassermann, Selma.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2022.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD, 2022.

Summary:

A practical guidebook to enable teachers to address their concerns about teaching science as active inquiry, in addition to providing them with the tools and techniques for developing a science program that models how real scientists work.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

It's Time for Science!

How the Book Is Organized

Part I: Perspectives

Chapter 1: Perspectives on Science and Sciencing

Scene A: Teaching Science

Scene B: Learning Sciencing

Science vs. Sciencing

Chapter 2: Perspectives on Children

Scenes from the Classroom

Children Today

Implications for Teaching

Conclusion

Chapter 3: Perspectives on Play

Chapter 4: Perspectives on Teaching-for-Thinking in Science

There Is Thinking and There Is Thinking

TEACHING-FOR-THINKING and Classroom Practice

Instructional Materials

Teacher-Student Interactions

On One Final Note

Chapter 5: Perspectives from the Classroom: The Play-Debrief-Replay Instructional Model

Scenes from Grade 3 Sciencing

The Play-Debrief-Replay Instructional Model

Part II: Organizing the Classroom for Science as Active Inquiry

Chapter 6: Preparing Students for Sciencing

Paving the Way

Suggestions for Orientation

Chapter 7: Gathering the Materials

Materials for a Sciencing Program

Where Items Are Likely to Be Found

Materials

Chapter 8: Making Room for Sciencing

Organizing Space and Storing Materials

Chapter 9: Guidelines and Ground Rules

Choosing the Right Approach

Approach 1: Tread Softly and Carry a Big Balloon

Approach 2: Tread Gently and Carry a Big Bucket

Approach 3: Tread Firmly and Carry a Big Squid

Approach 4: Tread Purposefully and Carry a Giant Python

Approach 5: March to Your Own Drummer

Guidelines and Ground Rules

Last Words

Chapter 10: Debriefing: Interactions That Promote Thoughtful Inquiry.

Debriefing: Extracting Meaning from Play

Interactions That Inhibit Thinking

Some Types of Interactions Delimit Students' Opportunities to Think

Some Types of Interactions Call for Students to Think More Intelligently about Their Ideas. When These Types of Interactions Are Used, Students Are Being Asked to Function at Higher Cognitive Levels

Learning TEACHING-FOR-THINKING Interactions: Tools for the Teacher

Coding Sheet

Transcript #1

Transcript #2: Investigations of Locusts in Grade 6 (Continuing Live Insect Studies)

Chapter 11: Thinking and Decision-Making in Science

Implications for the Teacher

Examples of Decision-making Activities for "Minds-On" Play

Debriefing: Interactions That Analyze and Inform Decision-Making

Conclusion: A Teacher's Choice

Part III: Fifty-Eight Sciencing Activities

Chapter 12: Introduction to the Activities

Presentation of the Activities

Choosing Activities

Mary's Debriefing Scenario

Chapter 13: Category A: Wet, Wetter, Wettest: Activities 1-11

Activity 1: Water Fountains

Activity Card

Thinking Operations Emphasized

Big Ideas

Notes to the Teacher

Debriefing

Extending

Creating

Activity 2: Rain

Activity 3: Sinking and Floating

Activity 4: Sound and Pitch

Activity 5: Siphoning

Big Ideas.

Notes to the Teacher

Creating and Inventing

Activity 6: Absorbency

Activity 7: Solutions

Activity 8: Bubbles

Activity 9: Ice

Activity 10: Suction

Activity 11: Life in Water

Thinking Observations Emphasized

Chapter 14: Category B: No Fuss, No Muss, No Sticky Stuff: Activities 12-48

Activity 12: Reflecting Surfaces

Activity 13: Thermometers

Activity 14: Electricity

Activity 15: Air and Aerodynamics

Activity 16: Balances

Activity Card.

Materials

Activity 17: Pendulums

Activity 18: Magnifiers

Activity 19: Light and Shadow

Activity 20: Measuring

Activity 21: Growing Plants from Seeds

Activity 22: Seeds from Fruit

Fruit from Seeds

Activity 23: Tiny Plants (1): Molds

Activity 24: Tiny Plants (2): Yeast

Activity 25: Flowers

Activity 26: Foods: How Foods Change

Creating.

Activity 27: Skins

Activity 28: Bones and Shells

Activity 29: Skeletons

Activity 30: Birds

Activity Card (1)

Activity Card (2)

Activity 31: The World Wide Web

Activity 32: Parachutes

Activity 33: Tools and Machines

Activity 34: Wind Sounds

Activity 35: Wind Energy

Activity 36: Sounds with Strings

Activity 37: Static Electricity

Extending.

Creating.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-42442-0

1-4758-6487-6

OCLC:

1315537185