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.