Teaching primary Science constructively / edited by Keith Skamp and Christine Preston. - Eight edition. - xxii, 808 pages : illustrations ;

Includes index.

Primary science; every teacher, every child --Constructivist views of learning and teaching science--Implementing the Australian curriculum: science with a constructivist mindset--Thinking and working scientifically: science inquiry in actions --Energy--Electricity--Movement and force--Living things and environments--Human impact: living things, biodiversity loss and climate change--Materials and their properties--Physical and chemical change --Our place in space --Earth's system: resources and land surface changes--Earth's system : weather and water--Final reflections.

Quality teachers are on a never-ending 'learning' journey in which they continuously evaluate their beliefs and actions about science, learning science and teaching science.

9780170472814


Science --Study and teaching --Primary

372.35044 / T220