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.

Includes bibliographical references.

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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 Standards / by Barbara Rascoe and Catherine Lange -- Diversity/Differentiation. Introduction -- Considering cultural difference in science teaching / by Anne L. Kern and SueAnn Bottoms -- Teaching about the nature of science through digital scientific timelines / by Isha DeCoito -- Cultivating equitable instruction in the science classroom / by Julie Luft -- Universal design for learning (UDL) and inclusive design for learning (IDL) / by Christopher L. Atchison [and three others] -- A bubble exploration of response to intervention (RTI), tier I / by Malcolm B. Butler -- Magnetic interactions / by Mark Guy -- Observations and arguments in K-5 : the 4 seasons / by Mary Lightbody.

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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. Science teacher educators need to not only provide preservice teachers with resources to help them fill their "bags," but also include crucial theory and pedagogy; what constitutes "minds on" lessons, not merely "hands on" activities. But where do we science methods instructors find ideas to put in our "bag of tricks" to help us with the pedagogy we teach and model? These kinds of teaching ideas are not so easy to find using the internet or even science methods textbooks. This book is a collection of some favorite teaching ideas from science teacher educators from across the United States and abroad. This book is NOT a collection of teaching ideas about specific science content. This book IS a set of activities that help us prepare our preservice science teachers in the areas of: Constructivism/Conceptual Change; Nature of Science; Integration (including Technology Integration), Scientific Inquiry/Engineering Design; and Diversity/Differentiation. Each section starts with a brief overview of the topic and an introduction to the activities included on the theme. The individual activities include step-by-step instructions, modifications/extensions, references, and additional readings to help you easily and fully implement the idea in your own classroom. These ideas are a few of our favorites; we hope they will become some of yours as well

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